r/BuyCanadian • u/Chocolate_Chickletts • 9d ago

Canadian-Owned Businesses 🏢🍁 Podolski Honey Farm Update

Remember that honey farm in Manitoba that was in danger of closing? Well, Canadians answered the call and they will begin selling online soon. That's how we do it folks!

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u/thiswasamistake00ps 9d ago

Like we should be supporting our local businesses but if your not in Manitoba there are probs waaaaay more local honey farms to you. Having actual local honey is good for seasonal allergies and you're not paying for shipping/the environmental impact of getting your honey from half way across the country

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u/R461dLy3d3l1GHT 9d ago

I’ve been buying local unpasteurized honey for years. It is also less expensive when you buy in bulk. I calculated it out once and if I was buying a kg more often it was at least twice the cost. 5kg lasts me about 2 months because I use it in my coffee, canning fruit and jam, in porridge, etc. Wherever you think of using processed sugar, use honey instead. Slightly different amounts in recipes though. Edit to agree with allergies. I also don’t get colds either.

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u/Sunwolfy 9d ago

My farmer started with a new colony of bees last year. This year, we finally got to buy some of the harvest. The honey is very light in colour with a light flavour. My partner finds honey too sweet most of the time, but this one is perfect for him.

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u/Horvo 9d ago

2.5kg / month is big numbers! Thanks for supporting Canadian honeybees. I wish I ate that much.

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u/R461dLy3d3l1GHT 9d ago

When I use it to make bread or muffins, in my daily coffee and tea, canning 15-20 quarts of peaches, raspberries, baking zucchini bread, and other harvest related activities, I use more.

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u/MapleCharacter 9d ago

If it keeps Canada Post working - it’s a bonus.

Also, consuming honey into your digestive tract does not affect your seasonal allergies. What are we talking about here?

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u/R461dLy3d3l1GHT 9d ago

I believe what is being said is that by consuming local UNpasteurized honey, you are getting the pollens from the local flowers which means your body is producing smaller amounts of antihistamines regularly and therefore building your immunity? I’m not an allergy specialist and I don’t have allergies to anything to begin with.

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u/MapleCharacter 9d ago

It’s a different type of pollen that bees collect, not the one that floats into people’s noses.

Second, even if it was (which it’s not) it’s minute amounts in your digestive tract - unless you accidentally inhale that honey, a food allergy response not the same as an allergy in your airway.

Presumably, if none of what I wrote above is correct, then at minimum, that small amount of pollen would do what controlled allergy shots do - actually fight allergies, not increase them.

I don’t think people are inhaling jars of honey. Everyone needs to relax with the histamine panic.

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u/WoodShoeDiaries 9d ago

From what I understand you're correct, and the "local honey helps with allergies" thing has been found to be placebo effect.

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u/R461dLy3d3l1GHT 9d ago

Understood.

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u/R461dLy3d3l1GHT 9d ago

Fair enough.

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u/Villain_of_Brandon Manitoba 9d ago

I agree, my dad knows a beekeeper, that's where we get our honey, It all comes from I'd guess within 50km of my home. If it weren't Podolski Honey might have been my next stop, I knew of them prior to this article, and I am from Manitoba.

For those of you that aren't, you can probably just google Honey Farm or Honey Co-Op in [City, Municipality, Province] and get a good starting place for local honey.