Honey on Main

12/21/2024

Our Concord vendors are stocked with lip balm for your last minute stocking stuffers!
Verrill Farm Debra's Natural Gourmet Albright Art Supply Revolutionary Concord - The Heart of the Town

12/12/2024

Stocking stuffer season is here! Remember the Honey on Main lip balm! Verrill Farm Revolutionary Concord - The Heart of the Town Debra's Natural Gourmet

10/04/2024

08/01/2024

Lo-fi lip balm production!! Just delivered to Verrill Farm and Albright Art Supply/Revolutionary Concord - The Heart of the Town.

07/20/2024

05/22/2024

Yes!!

As a beekeeping operation dedicated to producing the highest quality raw, local honey in North Carolina and Georgia, we have faced an ongoing challenge with some of our wholesale accounts over the years: the crystallization of our raw honey on store shelves, which has led to some stores being reluctant to repurchase. This issue affects not only our farm but also the entire beekeeping industry, particularly the producers, rather than those who merely rebottle honey that they did not produce.

PSA: Honey crystallization is completely natural.

Raw honey, which is not pasteurized or filtered, retains all of its natural enzymes, pollen, and nutrients. This purity causes raw honey to crystallize over time, especially in cooler temperatures. Some raw honey varieties crystallize faster than others, and this can vary year to year depending on the glucose as well as pollen percentages in different varieties. This does not mean the honey has gone bad; in fact, it is a sign of high-quality, natural honey.

In the United States, pasteurized (not raw) honey is widely sold. Pasteurization involves heating raw honey to high temperatures, which delays crystallization but also destroys many beneficial enzymes and nutrients. While this makes the honey smoother and more aesthetically pleasing on retail shelves, it is less nutritious. Interestingly, pasteurized honey is illegal to sell in many parts of the world where the benefits of raw honey are more widely recognized. This has led to a lack of education in the United States about the natural crystallization process of raw honey.

To address this issue, we have introduced new informative labels on our raw honey jars. These labels state that crystallization is completely natural in raw honey, and that it can actually be reversed if the customer doesn’t like crystallized honey. Our goal is to educate those unfamiliar with raw honey, helping them appreciate its natural qualities and benefits.

05/15/2024

A few jars of honey for sale at the farm gate (also eggs, lip balm, and flowers). Honey is raw and minimally processed.

04/29/2024

Bees loving the new birdbath from in Lincoln

04/28/2024

We’d like to welcome one of the new residents on Main Street.

04/22/2024

Lip balm is out at the gate for sale!

04/13/2024

Hey New England! It’s a great day to put your jar of partially crystallized honey on a sunny windowsill to soften!

03/05/2024

Sturdy and simple new lip balm counter-sales boxes. Albright Art Supply, Debra's Natural Gourmet, Verrill Farm. Balm and boxes Made in Concord, MA

01/20/2024

Brrr!! This cold dry air is brutal! Our small batch lip balm is also at Concord Provisions & Country Kitchen. Seals in moisture and protects - no drying chemicals that cause a lip balm habit.

12/23/2023

Last-minute gifts - Pure Beeswax Candles! Made on site from local beeswax. Find them in our little farm stand box today and tomorrow! Venmo only, NO CASH please (it disappears).
We also have a little free library, with “new to you” books!

12/10/2023

Beeswax candles out for sale! Contact me directly if you want more or can’t come by and venmo today.

11/30/2023

We’ve done a collab with Duckie Pelenur on some handmade ceramic beeswax candles for this weekend’s Winter Market.

11/24/2023

Super local stocking stuffer! Find it at our local retailers: Verrill, Debra’s, Albright Art, Concord Provisions!
- Debra's Natural Gourmet
- Concord Provisions & Country Kitchen
- Revolutionary Concord - The Heart of the Town
- Albright Art Supply
- Verrill Farm

11/12/2023

Honey, candles, & lip balm Verrill Farm.