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The Utica Herbal Study Group will meet Wednesday January 8th at 6:30PM at The Other Side , 2011 Genesee Street, Utica N.Y. Bree Lesniak will lead the group on the topic of healing uses of products made by honey bees. This event is free of charge and all are...
Seeding Hope
The LocalHarvest Blog - Dec 26, 2019 - By Guillermo
The landscape of agriculture and food is changing rapidly these days. In my daily news feed are articles about robots, cell-cultured foods, drone delivery, driverless trucking, climate instability, and more somber topics. Change is happening at a dizzying...
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company sent a shipment of 100% pure beeswax pillar candles to a customer and some of them got dinged up when the box broke open so they were returned to us. We put them in storage until we figured out what to do with them and...
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company reports that to date, the most popular selling 100% Pure Beeswax novelty candles during the 2019 holiday season are 100% Pure Beeswax Carved Egg Candles and 100% Pure Beeswax Pine Cone Candles . As a result of...
Hanukkah 2019 will begin in the evening of Sunday, December 22 and the centerpiece of the Hanukkah celebration is the menorah, a candelabrum that holds nine candles. From 12/15/19 thru 12/22/19 the Mohawk Valley Trading Company is offering a 10%...
Giveaway! Enter to Win 100% Pure Beeswax Candles & Gingerbread House Cookie Jar! There is no cost to enter and the winner will receive: · Three, Evergreen Tree 100% Pure Beeswax Candles ...$27.00 · One, Ceramic Gingerbread House Cookie...
Thx for the memories
Foust Family Farms - Nov 25, 2019 - By Ron
Many thanks to all those who helped us out, once again. We couldn't have done it without you. And to the newest members of our farm,..four, at last count,...(groundhogs all) - please go away. You've overstayed your welcome [such that it is],...
The Mohawk Valley Trading Company is sponsoring a 100% pure beeswax votive candles and wall sconces giveaway on Candlefind.com The winner will receive: Four, 100% Pure Beeswax Votive Candles ...$18.00 Set of 2, Black Steel Rod, Votive Candle...
The Bitter Fruit
The LocalHarvest Blog - Nov 22, 2019 - By Guillermo
Hello eaters- I am back and super excited to write for LocalHarvest once again! You can support the vital work of LocalHarvest by buying from your local farmers, advertising on the LH platform, and if you are a farmer, subscribing to our CSA software, CSAware...
Honey Bees
Mohawk Valley Trading Company - Honey - Maple Syrup - Beeswax Candles - Nov 20, 2019 - By Betty_1
Honeybees probably originated in Tropical Africa and spread from South Africa to Northern Europe and East into India and China. The first bees appear in the fossil record in deposits dating about 40 million years ago during the Eocene period. At about 30...