Marshall’s Farm Honey

Beware of the guy who sells honey!!! He totally ripped off my kid. Bless her heart, she goes to him every week at our Farmers Market to by a $ 5 tiny honey bear. Fine.
This week, she wanted to be a big girl and go alone and pay him. I said ok, watching from a distance…
I give her $ 5 and she comes back with 5 honey sticks, no change. Mind you he charges $ 1 for 3 sticks. You do the math. MUTHA BLASTER!!! Who does that? Times are tough huh D-​bag???
Never buy from this jerk!!!
What a prick

We thought this was more of a farmer’s market where you could buy other things besides honey (bread, cheese). It’s not. We’re still very happy we stumbled upon this place (thanks Unilocal!) because their honey is divine. We tried the wild blackberry and orange honey. Just make sure you ask for fresh honey from the back.

I am currently suffering from raging allergies so I decided to get some local honey. I drove here and selected a jar of honey. When I went to pay, the proprietor was there and when I told him why I was there he asked my permission to give me a better kind. So I said of course! So he made me a brand new jar of honey that they just collected so it was primed with what is blooming right now. What a fun experience it was to go support a local farmer… right down the street!

Loved their honey and I’m so disappointed that I didn’t buy more when I was there! I loved that it was local. Now I’ve been looking for it on their website and I’ll have to order it from there or just go to Napa… not sure yet. :)
The young lady that helped us was so nice! She let us sample some and at the end, my friend and I both bought a couple jars.
I bought some of their Honeycomb Honey — «Honeycomb Chunk — Our Honeycomb is harvested each year during the summer. The presentation of a slice of comb immersed in liquid honey is called „Chunk Honey“. The chunk of comb is Wildflower Comb that we drench in our clear, almost transparent light Sage Honey. We choose Sage for this presentation because Sage honey does not crystallize enabling you to view the fascinating chunk of comb until you empty your jar.» — Marshall’s Farm’s description.
I really liked the consistency of the honey and that I was able to see the «chunk».
It was a tad pricey at $ 16.00 before tax but it was local so I thought it was for a good cause. No question that I’ll visit again on my next Napa trip.

I ONLY buy local honey — didn’t blink an eye at the price and bought the BIG honking jar of local honey. Got a sample of the «so fresh» and I tell ya it was as fresh as if I had gone out to the hive and scraped it off that morning.
Gentleman at the booth at the Napa Valley Farmer’s Market was wonderful.
They took credit cards
If I bring the empty jar to the farm for refilling — I get a discount.
My daughter got the lavender honey (small jar). They have honey sticks and I thought their prices were very good — considering you’d pay more, if not the same, for crap honey at the grocery store.

went to the oxbow market, and bought honey sticks from the kiosk, we bought over a hundred to bring back as gifts, they were assorted flavors and really light, we had a nice sales clerk name Courtney
who was very informative and helpful with our purchases. also learned about a jewish holiday from another customer, about eating honey and apples in september for a sweet year
it was great seeing different flavors if honey, they also had honey from hawaii, where we are from, give this place a visit, its fun and tasty honey

If Winnie the Pooh came to Marshall’s Farm he would think he had died and gone to heaven. Sadly, from the dowdy appearance of the «farm» it looks like the silly old Pooh bear did actually buy the farm and is buried somewhere on it!
Seriously though, we have been eating Marshall’s Farm honey ever since we moved to the SF Bay area almost 20 years ago when we discovered them at a local farmer’s market. But I think I may have just purchased my last pound of honey from them.
Why? Their prices have risen to the point where whatever taste or quality advantage we once thought their honey possessed probably is not worth it, and I had long ago come to the conclusion that their supposedly «local» honey did not have any effect on my children’s allergies. Attempting to alleviate my son’s allergies was the main reason we started eating Marshall’s Farm honey since one of their many varieties of honey was advertized as being from local flowers and good for allergies.
This last jar of honey which I just bought was $ 22 for one pound. Just recently I had purchased a two-​pound jar of CA honey from Ikeda’s farm market in Davis for $ 13.50
In taste-​testing the two honeys I did not think the honey from Marshall’s Farm tasted better. For twice the honey at half the money I’ll stick with Ikeda’s!!!
Now, back to the farm. They are located in American Canyon near WalMart in a run-​down industrial lot. They don’t actually keep the bee’s here, they source honeycombs from beekeepers around the bay area and then extract the honey from the hives and store and package the stuff here. There are several huts and tents where they display their wares and I think they still host tour groups here, but the place just seems to get more run-​down every year. It used to be neat to bring the kids here, now it just seems creepy.
So long Marshall’s and good luck Winnie, wherever you are!

Love the star thistle, orange flower and «so fresh» honey. Small and quaint little place off the road in American canyon. Lots of samples! The honey sticks are perfect to keep around for coughs. Very, very cool place to stop.

I am addicted to honey and this place has so many fantastic options. For me it is all about the start thistle.
On our last visit the owner was so friendly and allowed us to walk around to check out the animals, pick figs and just enjoy some time on his property.
Great experience and tasty honey. Sounds like I can get this tasty treat at Whole Foods which is convenient.

I learned a great deal from the tour we had here and I’m sad that the honeybees are slowly dying and that some of the flowers blooming have no nectars in it. I also found out from the news that one of the reasoning why they’re dying is from a French pesticide that the government agency is now investigating.
This is a small run family business and they are welcoming, knowledgeable, and helpful. When we first got there, they had a taste testing table of honeys, with honeycombs, cheeses and whatever else goes with honey. Then they showed us in and seated us at this tepee tent with hay in the background for seating. There was a funny short clip we watched about the bees and the tour broke off into two groups. One was going to show the actual bees, where the queen lives, what the male bees looked like and the workers. The other was going to the honey house. It had the machine where they have the closed metal tubs of honey, the processing machine to remove the wax from the honey comb, etc.
Outside is their stand where they sell the honey. You can taste test most of them to find out which is your type and can buy the honey comb or the straws. They have different sizing of jars and the pricing is affordable. Honeys don’t expire even if its crystallized and they go with everything.

Last Saturday we had a summer event for my office people and their families at Marshall’s Farm and people were exceedingly intrigued. For 55 people, it’s hard to find something that interests everyone and this was the perfect event for my group. Ages five-​year-​old and up certainly appreciated all there was to see and learn. For two and a half hours we toured, tasted and generally had a very nice time on a gorgeous day as Helene and Spencer showed us their farm, bees and honey extraction process. Highly recommend this visit if by yourself, with a family or in a large group. The honey flavors and quality are superb as well.

Love their honey Honey and Apples is delicious

This has to be the best local honey around. I picked up a small jar at the local farmers market a few months back and I was hooked from then on. I go straight to the Marshall’s farm bee farm and buy the 2^nd to biggest jar they sell (I have no space for the biggest lol). If you want some great honey, chack them out.

I bought some Marshall’s Farm honey at the Novato Farmer’s Market. Ever since I moved to Marin County, I’ve been suffering from the most horrendous allergies. People keep telling me to get some local honey. Rumor has it that eating local honey will help you develop immunity to regional pollen allergies. I have no idea if this is true, but I like honey more than Claritin and thought I’d give it a shot.
The young man working the Marshall’s Farm booth at the farmer’s market was very friendly and helpful. He described all the different varieties and told me that the honey had just been harvested two days prior. I bought a jar of their plain honey ($ 10) and it is DELICIOUS. Wow, it is ridiculously good, so fresh, fragrant and sweet. I’m kind of addicted. I highly recommend trying some of this honey. It’s so, so much better than generic grocery store honey. I’m heading back to the farmer’s market to try some of their flavored honeys next week!

Very fun little honey farm. I stopped in on a Sunday afternoon to pick up some honey for my dad’s bday. The worker took me back and let me taste straight from the vats. Delicious. I got the blackberry honey. It’s ah maz ing!

Had their honey on our first visit to Napa last November at ad hoc with our cheese course and it was fantastic. Three Napa trips later I was finally like we are getting honey to take home.
If you didn’t know what you were looking for you would pass this place right up.
When we got there, there was no one to be found (not even a bee) except for a super friendly kitty (i named her honey). So when we walked in a little more we saw a cute little stand set up outside with lots of honey treats. I found my honey choices and was ready to pack up my honey and hit the road. Still no one around but Honey the kitty and a few other kitty friends.
I finally called their phone number and it went to voice mail. I got a number off the voice mail for whom to call with any other honey questions. I told here where I was (at the cute outside stand in between the General Store and Town Hall) and she told me to go to the Honey House.
So my new kitty friend lead me to the Honey House with no one to be found there either. I really wanted this honey so I was not going to give up. Finally a nice guy came out and I was able to buy my honey.
Asked him about their Seasonal Pumpkin Honey but he said they were all out until next year. (So if you see it buy it bc it doesn’t last long).
I ended up with Napa Flower Wildflower, Berry Tasty (Blackberry Honey), Orange Blossom Honey and Wine Country Wildflower.
If you are not in the Napa area you can buy their stuff on line.

The Honey and Almonds is about one of the most incredible things I have ever eaten (goes well with a Napa Chardonnay).

Good God! The sage honey is great!
Despite me arriving at the Ferry Building when they were closing up shop they were incredibly helpful. And the man was very sweet.

This is the place to come to get some honeys. The honeys come in all variety and sizes and flavors. However, you must come on Saturday to get them. You know what they say, «No time, no money, no honey». If you do have time and money and come on Saturday’s farmer market you may pick up various honeys from the honey straws in water melon or cinnamon flavor up to cutie honey bears to 12 lb jars of big Honeys:-)

I love, love, love their honeys. Recently found out they do tours though you need to make reservations, or go on Greenbelt Alliance’s Aug 19, 2007 tour at Marshall’s Farm:
Since we were in the area Sat 8÷4÷07 around 3pm, we decided to just drop by and see if the Marshalls were there to help us. Luckily, Spencer Marshall was there and so very friendly and helpful!
Went into the country store/​tasting room and nobody was there so I got to sample some honeys. Then walking to the honey house found Mr. Marshall.
He greeted us and I asked what was the fresh stuff he had. He then let us try about 6 different honeys that he put into those plastic bear bottles and using tiny spoons let us try them.
I ended up buying 3 –8oz jars that cost me $ 24. I got:
Sonoma Wildflower-​From the Hills & Valleys of sweet Sonoma County (said the sticker).
CIA Greystone Herb Garden honey-​a harvest from our hives at the organic garden of the Culinary Institute of America St Helena Napa Valley, CA (per sticker).
SF Bay Area Eucalyptus «EucAcialicious» — Eucalyptus & Acacia Blossoms make this nectar (per sticker). Spencer’s favorite honey.
He said the Chestnut Honey wasn’t ready and there were no Star Thistles this year yet.
He showed us a bit of the machines he uses and pointed out his hives & garden.
Nice guy and Great honeys. You can find their honeys in Marin, Berkeley, SF, Oakland farmer’s market and online.
My pics above.
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