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Value Added Products
When seasonally avilable, Earthworks has honey jam, and handbalm available for sale. Through these products, we hope people become more familiar with the work Earthworks is doing and the importance of local products and food preservation.
HONEY- Our bees collect pollen and nectar from Detroit flowers, our vegetable plants and beautiful flowers at the Capuchin's Retreat Center in Washington, Michigan, and turn them into sweet honey. We bottle the honey in 9-fluid-ounce jars. Through beekeeping, we learn about and share the importance of bees in the daily lives of each of us.
JAM- Each year, our volunteers pick hundreds of pounds of berries from our gardens. The grapes, gooseberries, black and red raspberries, elderberries, and currants harvested with love are turned into jam during fall jam making sessions. In this process, we develop a greater understanding of how buying locally produced products will create a more just world for all.
HANDBALM
- We use beeswax and propolis from our bees' hives, and chickweed from our gardens in making our handbalm. The handbalm is sold in 1-ounce tins. In Spring 2008, for every tin of handbalm purchased, we will distribute one tin to someone in Detroit whose hands could use some soothing handbalm but who is unable to purchase it themselves.
Where you can support us through purchasing our products:
The Gift Shop of the Solanus Casey Center, 1820 Mt. Elliott, Detroit, MI 48207 sells our honey and handbalm.
Avalon Bakery, 422 W. Willis, Detroit, MI 48201 sells our handbalm.
Jam, honey, and handbalm are available at our garage at 1264 Meldrum.