honey: Made in China??

After reading this eye-opening article from the Consumerist I am convinced more than ever that eating local is the way to go. It’s difficult for me to believe that companies would have a product shipped all the way from China just to save a few bucks. It’s not worth my health, thank you very much giant honey suppliers.

I much prefer the local, raw honey that I can find practically in my backyard. We have lots of options for local honey. Exton Bee Company, which is only a few minutes down the road, is a great little local supplier. We have 3 farmer’s markets where various local honey is sold. 2 locations of a locally owned and run health food store, Kimberton Whole Foods, that sell my favorite Walt’s Swarmbustin’ Raw Honey. As well as being a 30 minute drive from Lancaster were Amish farmers sell their goods.

For info on where you can find local honey, try clicking here.

I’d like to keep bees myself, but we have a lot of work to do in the yard before we’re ready for bees, including making an area that’s designated for bees only. (no kids allowed!)

For more on eating locally try these sites:

100 Mile Diet

NRDC

Local Harvest

Kelly

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Kelly Whalen is the founder of The Centsible Life, a blog where motherhood and money meet. Her goal is to help readers live well on less. Kelly is a mom to 4, and loves that she can stay at home with her kids, and still pursue her passions for writing, personal finance, and social media. You can often find her on twitter and Facebook talking money and motherhood.