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My Dad's Syrup
Maple syrup has been a fascination of mine for years now. Maybe it was when I had my first honey harvest, but something a few years back really clicked with me about the magic of all natural sweeteners. Like honey, maple syrup is a season food, but unlike honey, maple syrup can only be produced in one part of the world. A part of the world where I come from! My home state of Michigan has seen for the majority of my life, a downturn in it's economy due to the decline of the auto industry. When detroit gets a cold, the entire state gets the flu! I left my home state after college because there just weren't the opportunities...
Honey hand soap with fresh foraged dandelion
on the last few days of this spring's dandelion bloom, Olga and I went foraging for blossoms in one of our bee yards. We collected two bags full of fresh dandelion flowers, and before they could dry, we infused them straight into our certified organic honey hand soap!The scent is light and vegetal, crisp and clean, and the soap turned a bit more yellow in hue. A lovely seasonal treat that we will surely make again next spring!
Cheers to Alex Smith, advertising/marketing producer and cancer survivor
without going into too much detail, we want to give a shout out to our advertising and marketing producer from day one, alex smith @thatsmithcray. All our labels, signage, twitter pages, web pages and so much more were put together by him and continue to be monitored with his careful attention to detail. He works for a big firm in NYC now but finds time to help us out when we need some (much needed) social media and tech guidance. He is also my younger brother and he has faced cancer head on this year and is currently in remission. He leaves the confines of our small town in michigan tomorrow where our parents and other siblings and everyone...
we took a break from online sales but we are back!
One of the things that really sets Sunny Honey Company apart from other honey brands is our commitment to producing and sourcing from close personal beekeeper peers and carefully vetted honey operations. We will not ever, and I mean never, go to a large distributor or commercial packing house to source honey if we run out. We will just stop doing business. Period. No exceptions! One of the best things about our little business of bees and honey being busier than expected is that we get to grow and become a larger employer and supplier and producer than ever before. One of the bad things about our little business of bees and honey is that we are always facing...