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Go local, right? Tell that to a bee. Those tiny creatures will travel up to five miles to collect just the right pollen to bring back to the hive. They’ll even bypass plants and flowers closer to home in order to find pollen that offers the exact nutrients they’re looking for. Sure, five miles might not seem like much, but it’s the equivalent of a human traveling 3,885 miles for a few sandwich fixings. We’re pretty sure we did that math correctly. Anyway…

The point is, regardless of how labor intensive the honey-making or how far flung the pollen-collecting, if our buzzing little friends make their home in Baltimore, we’re calling that honey local. Extremely local. One small and newish apiary operating within the city limits is Oak Hill Honey. The hives live right in the middle of Baltimore City, at two separate locations. The honey is harvested and packaged by beekeeper Dane Nester, an artist also engaged in the urban farming and local food movements here in the city. Though Oak Hill Honey is still a fairly small operation, you can pick up some of its sweetness at local farm stands and markets.

Oak Hill Honey is available at the Waverly Farmer’s Market, Hidden Harvest Farm, and at Milk & Honey. For more information, visit www.oakhillhoney.com.

Courtesy Bmore Media – The Hamilton and Lauraville neighborhoods in Northeast Baltimore is known for its eclectic residents and top-notch restaurants.

But soon, it could be known as a place to shop some community leaders succeed in their vision of turning an old firehouse into a launch-pad for budding store owners.

Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street purchased the old Hamilton Volunteer Firehouse at 3015 Hamilton Ave. last month for $65,000, says Regina Lansigner, director of Hamilton-Lauraville Main Street. Read More →

Courtesy of Bmore Media - “Want some raspberry bushes?”

Arthur grins at me. Who could refuse?  First order of business: wrangle nine raspberry vines out of Arthur’s blue pickup and transfer them to my back seat.

“What kind of soil do they need?” I ask.

“I dunno,” he chuckles. “I could make something up if you want.”

In a soft grey Lantern Parade T-shirt, faded jeans and flip-flops, Arthur Gray Morgan prefers to “follow the flow.”  That’s not to say that he doesn’t have vision or energy. In the past few years, Arthur’s passion, the Hamilton Crop Circle, has become a symbol of the area’s sustainable sensibilities. In 2010, Hamilton claimed three spots on City Paper’s New Restaurants of the Aughts, two of which get their produce from Hamilton Crop Circle. Read More →