How to reuse a glass jar (once you are done enjoying the honey!)So you bought a jar of Amour, Moreau honey, you have enjoyed the sweet citrus honey, and now you have an empty (but still kind of sticky?) jar to find a new use for. What should you do? Recycling is...

As the new year begins, we would like to reflect on the work of our growing company and ongoing partnership with the farmers in Moreau, Haiti. From joining the Fair Trade Federation to current events in Haiti, we have much to share with our customers and community...

2022 has been an exciting year for our team -- from a full-scale return to in-person events to receiving another large shipment of honey and beeswax from our partners in Haiti. However, our biggest announcement was yet to come until this week -- we are officially a...

Whether you buy honey from the grocery store or the farmers market, purchasing honey from ethical sources is one of many ways that individuals can protect global bee populations and invest in sustainable agriculture -- but it can be hard to figure out how to get...

As the new year begins, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the events of 2021 and our ongoing partnership with farmers in Moreau, Haiti. We are grateful to continue sharing their beeswax and honey products with you all and expanding into new retailers in the...

Over the past few years, we have been lucky to hear about and meet some amazing companies! As you prepare for the 2021 holiday season, we recommend pairing our Amour, Moreau and Bee Good, Do Good products with goodies from some brands we love.Singing Rooster Singing...

What are compostable lip balm tubes? Compostable tubes are a type of packaging for lip balm that are made out of materials that compost in your backyard or industrial facilities. These are typically made out of recycled cardboard, paper, or biodegradable plastic and...

As the new year begins, we would like to take a moment to reflect on the events of 2020 and our place in them. We are proud to continue partnering with farmers in Moreau, Haiti and to share their beeswax and honey products with you all. Check out our year-end...

A lotion bar is a solid block of lotion, used for moisturizing skin and personal care. Lotion bars are typically made with natural ingredients that stay solid at room temperature, but melt a little from body heat, making it easy to apply the lotion bar as needed and store in a reusable container. Basically, lotion bars take the best of natural skin care — gentle, simple ingredients like shea butter and essential oils — and pack them into a small bar, rather than a large plastic bottle — this eliminates both the plastic waste from the bottle, and the excess water used in traditional lotion. Lotion bars pack in all the best moisturizing ingredients, concentrated without excess water or plastic waste.

To say that it has been a difficult three weeks here in Minneapolis would be an understatement. We are saddened and angered by the murder of George Floyd in our city, as well as the countless other deaths of Black Americans around the country before and since then.

As we have shared throughout this Earth Day blog series, human activities and environmental impacts are deeply linked -- especially in food production and distribution. While it is important to ensure that all people in developing countries have access to nutritious...

Around the world, environmental and community health is intertwined with access to clean water. Ecosystems, animals, and people rely on water for basic functions of life, and cannot thrive without it. In developing countries like Haiti, water contamination is directly...

A common Earth Day activity around the world is tree planting -- and for good reason: according to U.S. Forest Service, reforestation “represents unique opportunities to address emerging issues associated with climate change by conserving and managing genetic...