Buying local honey

I consume a fair amount of honey each week. I buy honey at the Phoenix Earth Food Co-op and at the Toledo Farmers Market.

The co-op sells at least two options, produced by local farmers who locate their beehives within and around Toledo.

In the fall of 2014, a new farmer from across the line in Michigan opened up shop at the Toledo farmers market. I've been buying honey from him since then, nearly every week.

The farmer calls his business "Dee's Bees."

The light colored honey comes from the spring when the bees forage on fruit trees or flowering trees and maybe clover.

The dark honey comes from the late summer and early fall when the bees forage on goldenrod. I like both, but the dark version is amazing. He's been out of the dark version for a while, but give the other honey a try.

November 2014 photo.

If you are looking for a local food item, you should always give the Toledo farmers market a try. It's open year-round. Now that it's May, the other local farmers markets will open soon.

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