Butternut Mountain is the tallest peak that falls entirely within the town of Johnson. On the mountain’s southern slope, the Marvin family owns 600 acres where they produce maple syrup for their business, Butternut Mountain Farm. David Marvin started Butternut Mountain Farm in the early 1970s on land owned by his father, Dr. James Wallace Marvin, a botanist and the co-founder of UVM’s Proctor Maple Research Center. When David Marvin began his sugaring operation, he worked multiple jobs as a forest consultant, bartender, and Christmas tree farmer. As sugaring technology became more sophisticated and efficient, Marvin realized his dream to become…