Delores Reimer of Sunshine Honey
Honey is probably the most local of our foods. Almost every town has several local beekeepers and their honey can often be found in the supermarkets as well as at farmers' markets. Buying local honey means supporting local farmers, but it also means that the consumer has a much better idea of the conditions under which the honey is gathered.
A few years ago there was a great scandal in the USA because chinese honey, with unacceptable levels of banned pesticide and herbicide residues, was being routed through Argentina to disguise its country of origin. Even now, some of the national brands of honey available in grocery stores admit on their labels that they are a blend of domestic and foreign honeys. And you can be sure that if they are going to confess to being a blend, it is probably a blend heavily weighted to cheaper imported honey.
It's nice to know where your honey comes from.
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