The story
Honey from home
I grew up in High Prairie, Alberta, in a family that keeps bees. Good honey was just what was on the table.
Where it comes from
High Prairie is a small town about four hours northwest of Edmonton. Beekeeping up there is a tight community. Our neighbours keep bees too, and everyone knows whose honey is whose. Alberta makes roughly 40 per cent of Canada's honey, so a local honey stand at the grocery store is just part of life.
Why Toronto
When I moved to Toronto a couple of years ago, I noticed the honey here cost more and tasted like less. Something was missing. So I asked my family if they'd send some east.
How it gets here
The honey comes off in July. It's jarred close to the hives, and then it has to cross the country. The first time, my mom drove four hours to a freight depot in Edmonton with a car full of honey, and friends with cars helped me collect it at the other end. That was 107 kg.
Shipping is the expensive part, and keeping it cheap is how the price stays fair. The point was never to build a honey empire. It was to bring a bit of home to Toronto.
Monday nights
Almost every jar so far has been sold by hand at a bar in Toronto on Monday nights, to regulars and to whoever is sitting next to them. Somewhere along the way I became “the honey guy.” People buy a jar, then come back for more to give away.
This site means you don't have to wait for Monday. You're still welcome to come find me, though.
— Konnor