As part of a series on enhancing the safety of locally prepared foods, this bulletin describes what one needs to now about selling honey at a farmers market in Virginia.
Read MoreLearn more about the Virginia honey label requirements.
Read MoreOne of the most important decisions that a food marketer has to make is what to put on the label of a food product. It needs to appeal to the consumer and stand out from other food packages on the shelf.
Read MoreWhen The Bee Corp first bottled their honey it was very confusing to navigate federal and state standards to ensure they were labeling their honey right. To make this easier for beekeepers, they compiled all the state laws on honey labeling into one place, and created the interactive map below to link to the government documents.
Read MoreLearn from this reference guide developed by the National Honey Board.
Read MoreThis honey activity sheet from the National Honey Board will give you some unique information on how honey is made.
Read MoreLearn about unique honey recipes from the National Honey Board website.
Read MoreSweeter than honey - The Egyptians were the first nomadic beekeepers, as they used to transport their hives by boat on the Nile, in search of different types of flowering plant.
Read MoreHelpful resources on food security from the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
Read MoreLearn from Mr. David Easter on the Virginia Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services’ (VDACS) Food Safety and Security Program.
Read MoreThe Handbook for Small Food Businesses is a resource tool that will help guide you through the steps required to start a small business for food manufacturing and processing in Virginia.
Read MoreThe FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) is transforming the nation’s food safety system by shifting the focus from responding to food borne illness to preventing it. Learn more about the act from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
Read MoreFrom honey experts C. Marina Marchese, founder of Red Bee ® Honey and Kim Flottum, editor of Bee Culture Magazine comes this comprehensive introduction to the origin, flavor, and culinary uses of more than 30 varietals of honey, from ubiquitous clover to tangy star thistle to rich, smoky buckwheat.
Read MoreA Taste of Honey is a fact-filled guide to honey and bees with a comprehensive glossary of 40 varietal honeys and over 60 fresh and easy recipes, both savory and sweet, using these honeys.
Read MoreIn The Backyard Beekeeper’s Honey Handbook, seasoned expert, Kim Flottum explains the process of moving honey from beehive to honey house and how to reveal and extract it so none of the finer aromas, tastes, or colors are bruised, burned, or broken.
Read MoreLearn more about the science of using pollen to study honey from Bee Culture, the magazine of American Beekeeping.
Read MoreHear about the origin of the honey bee in North America - traced to Virginia in 1622. Learn how honey is extracted, honey flavors, a little about honey bees, queen bee breeding, the vision of the Sweet Virginia Foundation and get a glimpse into the mid-Atlantic's largest honey processor in Berryville Virginia.
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