1-5-21 We survived 2020! Here's to hoping 2021 will see the world getting back to normal. We're starting this year with what else, honey! We have Evan Himes, who is with Dutch Gold Honey in Lancaster, PA.

We'll be talking about things like COVID impacts on the honey market in 2020 vs 2021,  the evolution of commercial beekeeping – Honey Labeling at retail, honey adulteration and testing, and things like local sourcing, honey crystallization and anything else we come across with questions from listeners and that we come up with as we talk with Evan.

Evan is a member of the Sales & Marketing Team at family-owned honey packer, Dutch Gold Honey, Inc. With a focus on ingredient sales, he uses his exposure to the wholesale honey market and his prior life experience with handling bulk ingredients in a startup wholesale bakery operation to support honey (and maple syrup) customers of all sizes.

Evan prepares and delivers tailored technical presentations to mixed groups of marketing, purchasing, operations, quality assurance, and R&D food industry professionals using his degree and first career as a high school mathematics teacher. A man of multiple hats, he also manages marketing project for Dutch Gold.

In his free time, Evan serves in the Army National Guard, remains dedicated to health and fitness, and is dedicated to health and fitness. He enjoys living in Columbia, PA and spending time with his wife Sarah.

Come hear Evan talk honey, and we'll have tons of questions for him!

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Upcoming Shows

January 19 - Margot Phelps and the lady meadmakers at Ancient Fire Meadery

Show links and notes

Top, Middle and Base Notes: A Comprehensive List
The Herbal Medicine Maker's Handbook: A Home Manual - James Green and Ajana
Food Pairing website
The Flavor Bible
The Flavor Matrix - the Art and Science of Pairing Common Ingredients to Create Extrordinary Dishes
On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen
Closet of Sir Kenelm Digby Unlock'd - Historical mead recipes
Wellcome Mead by Laura Angotti
Let There Be Melomels by Rob Ratliff
The Big Book of Mead Recipes by Rob Ratliff
Take part in Kevin Meintsma's Hydromel Study - email hydromel@wtibiz.com and he'll send you questions

Upcoming Events

Feb 6 - Domras Cup, Savannah, GA - third round of judging
Feb 22 - Group Brew Day (online) set up by Michael Jordan
Feb 27-28 - Vermont Winter Renaissance Faire, Essex, VT- Artesano Mead, Groenfell Meadery and Sticky Paws Meadery will be pouring there
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