Buy Raw Virginia Honey from the Farm

I want you to buy raw Virginia honey from a farm with a story, not from a label from a honey packer.

That sounds blunt. It is. Like many things in life, bluntness has its time and place. For me, this topic is incredibly important and should not be missed by consumers. Too much "local" honey is local to a warehouse label. Ours comes off Virginia frames, gets packed in Bremo Bluff, and still looks like honey when you open it. Cloudy sometimes. Fine bits. Pollen. Sometimes a little beeswax that rode through. We do not pasteurize it. We do not filter or "polish" it into glass. This is the good stuff.

If you are shopping for raw Virginia honey, start with our honey collection. The shelf is live online. What is in stock is what you can put in a cart today. As the seasons change, new honey arrives. That is the specialty component so many people miss. Honey is not a commodity. In today's world, we've tried to make everything a commodity. We've lost our sense of specialty. I refuse that concept about honey. It is one of the driving factors behind adulteration. That is a conversation for another day.

What "place" tastes like in a jar

Honey tastes like place. Forest is not meadow. Spring is not summer. Sourwood is its own special thing. That is the whole reason the jars have names and we try to get close on the nectar variety.

Raw Forest is the everyday jar. Hardwood (primarily tulip poplar) and wildflower, unfiltered. If you only want one and you do not want to overthink it, start here.

Monacan Meadow is spring. Red maple, black locust, clover. Floral and light.

Powhatan Springtime comes from Powhatan, my hometown. Butter-and-caramel note. Hometown nectar is not a tasting-room phrase for me. It is honey that remembers a county.

South BlueRidge Summer is our sourwood, from the summer flow in Floyd, VA. If someone asked for sourwood, that is the jar. Do not swap it. Honeysuckle, apricot, a little citrus on the finish. Very little of it gets made statewide. Goodness it is delightful.

Other jars come and go with the harvest and with our partner keepers across Virginia. Floyd, Amherst, Fluvanna, Greenville, Warsaw, Fauquier. Smaller flows. Real people still opening boxes. That is what makes honey interesting, and that is what we celebrate. Trust the collection for what you can buy today. A blog should not outlive a harvest.

Buy it, then come see us if you can

Order online. Ship it, or choose farm pickup. If you choose pickup, we will email or text to set the time and we look forward to seeing you. Call ahead if you are making a special trip for one named jar. We are a working farm.

Farm store: 3456 James Madison Hwy, Bremo Bluff, VA 23022. Sunday 2 to 5. Monday, Friday, and Saturday 9 to 4. Tuesday through Thursday by appointment. Phone (804) 380-5820. Email honeyhouse@edgewoodapiariesandfarm.com. This is Bremo Bluff, not a Fork Union storefront.

Closer to Richmond? Stony Point walk-in: 9200 Stony Point Parkway Suite 158A. Tuesday through Thursday 10 to 4, or by appointment.

We farm 114 acres here in Bremo Bluff with two other Fluvanna based out-yards. You can turn off James Madison Highway and see the operation that packed your jar. If you want the farm tour, not just a quick pick up, reach out and schedule it in advance.

Shop the honey collection. Bring your questions to Bremo Bluff or Stony Point. I want people to know their beekeeper.

Journey with the Bees.