Chicago Honey Co-op

Love! The perfect farmers market purchase. I bought the smaller 6 oz jar and it tasted fabulous. The BEST part about the whole thing, though, is that when you’re done with the honey you have a perfectly portioned glass jar with a lid that you can refill with cheaper per ounce big-​container yogurt and mix-​in goodies in perpetuity!
I lost the lid to my jar which is what jogged my memory to review this place and buy another jar, pronto.
I’ve also bought the scented body bar which smells awesome, albeit a little cumbersome for everyday wear and use.

it’s unanimous – 5 stars – everyone loves the chicago honey co-​op! we’ve all seen and tasted their honey in and around chicago at the farmer’s markets, local grocers, and as an ingredient on a number local restaurant menus.
today i had the opportunity to attend a tour of the farm and i highly recommend getting out there and seeing where and how this honey is made. harmony and shawnacee were awesome tour guides. they take you through the process of how the honey co-​op was started, explain the deal with urban beekeeping and farming, and they also bring honey to taste at the end. private tours cost $ 100 for up to 20 people and can be arranged by emailing the co-​op directly.
props to these folks for sustaining a business model that creates job training for the underemployed, offers free farm plots to members of the immediate community, and harvests a SWEET and delicious end product that is enjoyed by all.
thanks, honey co-​op!
chicago loves you.

perfectly sweet!
i discovered this at the OP farmers market, and purchased the scrub. last year, i gave said scrub to all my co-​workers for christmas. they loved it. it’s a completely decadent bath experience.
last summer, i found them at the logan square farmers market — what a delight! i bought more of the scrub, and the honey.
for those of you who waiting for market season, you can also get their products on etsy!
(to avoid shipping costs, i’ve contacted them directly and i’ve been able to just pick it up at their office… not sure if they promote this sort of purchase, but i certainly appreciated it!)

I’m so sad my bottle is empty!
My Chicago Honey Co-​op bottle! What did you think I was talking about!!!
I first saw and purchased this honey at the Oak Park Farmer’s Market in the early Fall, and now we’ve used it all up. So will the Farmer’s Market please reopen just for «me and my honey»???
Two big selling points for me…
1. the «bee farm» is located and the honey «harvested» right here in Chicago.
2. Their mission statement and goal is to «provide job training opportunities for the under-​employed while operating a small business model that is dedicated to sustainable agricultural practices and aims for the highest product quality standard».
«Urban Beekeepers» if you will.
And bonus points: the honey turned out to be smooth, sweet and deeeeelicious!
The price is excellent also!
They make a honey body scrub and chapstick too, that I am now curious to try!
Oh Spring, hurry up and get here already!

A few weeks ago I bought myself a small jar of honey from the Chicago Honey co-​op. At $ 6 it was much more expensive than anything of a similar size not imported from Europe. But who cares? This is honey from Chicago — and you have to love the mission behind the coop (see Justin B.‘s review).
Full of Chicago floral goodness, this honey has flavor to spare. I’ve used it in just about every dish that normally would use sugar. I love buying local, I love supporting these guys, and happily, the product is so good that I can, without reservation, recommend that everyone keep a jar of this in their pantries.

This is some damn fine honey. But it isn’t the honey that made me want to write this review … It was the story put out by Daily Candy. (And before you ladies ask, no, I do not subscribe, got it from the SO, who does.)
First, kudos to this company. I’ve been using your honey for the last four months or so after finding it at the Green City Market. Man, oh man, it is so silky smooth and is not sickly sweet. I cook with honey a lot using it to cut curries and other spices I use and this provides the perfect counter-​balance to my love of spices without killing my SO in the process.
Second, I love this company’s business model. They are in the habit of employing underemployed persons and teaching them about sustainable agriculture and how to tend to hives, which surprisingly is something that can be done from the rooftops of many highrises in the city (Thank you Sunday morning television programing). Companies that put out good products and try to give back to the community deserve 5 stars in my book.
Give them a try, I guarantee you won’t be disappointed!

Oh My God I will never go back to store bought honey. I’m pretty honeylicious… I like it in my tea, I like it on my skin (as a honey sugar scrub… great exfoliator… get yer mind out the gutter! Although…), and it is my sweetener of choice in my daily fresh fruit smoothies. This morning I ran out of the kind that comes in the honey bear bottles, and I knew that the MCA farmers market was going on today. I had seen the Honey Co-​op before, but didn’t stop by until today and they asked me if I wanted to try some. It was delicious. Light and sweet, not at all overpowering, a clear-​yellow syrupy goo that I knew would be the end of the honey bear bottles.
The Honey Co-​op sells pesticide and chemical-​free organic raw honey and honey products. A 6oz jar will cost you $ 4 and there are larger sizes. They even offer a honey body scrub.
On top of that, the honey co-​op provides jobs and job training to folks who might not have those opportunities otherwise, but believe me, the honey itself will make you a believer, if you’re a honey-​head like I am.