Organic Honey Raw

Mohawk Valley Trading Company does not use pesticides or herbicides in our apiaries. Our raw honey is in the same condition as it was in the hive, and although it is not labeled organic honey, it is as organic as you can get from any honey produced in the USA (especially our Raw Adirondack Wildflower Honey).

“Government, academic and industry experts insist that U.S. organic honey is a myth. With rare exceptions, this country is too developed and uses too many agricultural and industrial chemicals to allow for the production of organic honey.”

“Like other foods from free-roaming, wild creatures, it is difficult–and in some places impossible–to assure that honey bees have not come in contact with prohibited substances, like pesticides,” said Chuck Benbrook, chief scientist for the Organic Center, a national advocacy group for the research and promotion of organic food.” – Seattle Post-Intelligencer

“Organic honey isn’t impossible. It’s just beyond of the ability of most beekeepers. Bee yards situated in isolated spots deep in the Adirondacks, or mountain valleys in sparsely-populated New Mexico, can probably pull off honey free of agrochemicals. Most beekeepers operate within a bee’s flight of pesticides, however, making “organic” honey an illusory proposition.” – Scientific American

“In the USA, one example of the closest organic honey one can get is Raw Adirondack Wildflower Honey from the Mohawk Valley Trading Company. They place the bee hives in areas “deep in the Adirondacks” of New York State where there is an abundance of wildflowers.”– HealthyWithHoney.com

To be continued…