Homestead Farm

IT’S HERE! Our 2025 honeycomb harvest is complete and you can now find some at our booth in Bountiful Farmers’ Market.

FUN FACTS:
Our honeycomb is 100% pure.
Our honeycomb comes straight from the hive.
Our honeycomb is the purest form of raw honey.
Our honeycomb is edible, wax and all.

It’s such a special treat. Ask us for some yummy ideas on how to eat your honeycomb. Or tell us what you’ve done with your last purchase from us. We’d love to hear. Really, the possibilities are endless!

We’ve had many customers questioning why their honey has crystallized lately. Some even go so far as to suggest we’ve added sugar to our honey. I want to share a little education about what causes honey to crystallize.

Although this video is clearly not filmed in Canada, I agree with most of what he says. Because we have a colder climate in Canada you will see all honey produced in this country crystallize and it will happen even faster in the winter. Note that he mentions fructose and glucose. These are the natural sugars that come from the nectar of the flowers that the bees make the honey from.

Please note that Homestead Farm’s honey is PURE RAW honey, so the pollen has not been filtered out. Our honey is 100% local to the Edmonton area.

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It also makes the most delicious honey! We don’t often get to harvest dandelion honey because the bees usually need to keep the first honey of the year. Sometimes when the bees are strong coming out of winter, we are lucky enough to harvest some dandelion honey for ourselves. 😊🐝

Had to share this one again with it being Dandelion season . Dandelions are an incredible plant that are packed full of nutrition and it has some amazing healing properties. We should treat the dandelion with respect and protect it the way people had been for thousands of years. #dandelions #amazingplants #medicinalplants #healthyfood #foraging #eathealthy #notaweed

Check out this amazing charcuterie board featuring honeycomb from Homestead Farm. Love the kind comments too!

We love having platters of charcuterie over the holidays to nosh on for dinner while we chat and pair wines with them - kids love to eat whatever they want and its essentially a very good quality adult lunchable 😂 I picked up imported meats, cheeses and fruits from @sunterramarket , @italiancentreshop @lucseuropeanmeats, @cheesefactory82, @sgambarosyeg in Yeg and YYC. We had a 12 mini jar assortment of jams from La Bonne Maman and Austrian Julius Mienls Austrian jams we used as we recieved as gifts from friends and family! Highlight was the fresh honeycomb from Homestead Farms we picked up at @bountifulfarmersmarketyeg Intensely sweet and floral, you barely notice the small soft flecks of natural wax (you really need a big bite of honeycomb to get enough wax to make a tinny bit of "poorman's gum" - it was the bomb paired with brie! The MEATS -24month old Parma prosciutto -Hungarian salami -genoa salami -serrano ham -imported mortadella -mild capicollo -coppa de parma -bison sausage -hot salami -Sgambaro's cold smoked salmon The CHEESES (our favs and award winning favs) - @sylvanstarcheese award winning applewood smoked gouda -Castello brie -The Cheese Factory b**r cheese -Cheeseland award winning honey bee goat cheese (USA) -Landana award winning 500day aged gouda -@Snowdonia Cheese award winning truffle trove (North Wales) -@Beehive award winning Seahive Cheese: Utah cheddar rubbed with honey and sea salt the FRUITS -green grapes -black figs -pomegranate -persimmon -mandarin oranges -pears -Sunterra greenhouse freeze dried strawberries and cream (sooooo intensely delish!) the NUTS -fried salted peanuts -roasted cashews -wasabi peas the CARBS -Grissol melba toasts -Carrs water crackers:OG, pepper, garlic herb -rice crackers -stone wheat thins -Ritz crackers #grazetable #grazingplatter #grazingplatters #grazeplatters #grazeplatter #grazingplatterboards

This turkey sounds delicious! Come and get some honey for your thanksgiving recipes from us at Bountiful Farmers' Market

Honey-Glazed Turkey - Sioux Honey Association Co-Op This sweet and savory glaze makes the skin beautifully brown and crispy and will enhance the flavor of your roast turkey.

This thanksgiving honey recipe sounds delicious! Our honey is available at Bountiful Farmers' Market

Honey Cornbread Stuffing Remove sausage from casing. In medium skillet, crumble and sauté sausage until brown. Using slotted spoon, remove sausage from skillet and add to cornbread. Drain all but 1 T of fat.

Thanksgiving honey recipes. Here’s another honey vegetable dish for your thanksgiving table. Our honey is available at Bountiful Farmers' Market.

Honey-Almond Green Beans A touch of sweetness is all it takes to make these green beans a little less ordinary.

Did you know that there are many recipes with honey you can use for just about anything on your thanksgiving table? Here’s one of our favourites.

You can find our honey at Bountiful Farmers' Market.

Gingered Carrots with Honey - Sioux Honey Association Co-Op Ingredients 1/3 cup Sue Bee® Honey 1 pound carrots 1/3 cup butter 1 pinch ground ginger 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice Directions Bring pot of water to a boil. Add carrots to boiling water and cook 5-7 minutes, until fork tender but still firm. Drain the carrots and set aside. In a large skillet ov...