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[sebberry]

Babe's sell-off complete

The final asset of the former Babe's Honey Farm has been sold.

B-C Supreme Court has approved the foreclosure sale of the farm property in Saanich to Don Mann Excavating, at a price of 725 thousand dollars. Other assets, from farm machinery to honey, and the bees that produced it, were disposed of by auction earlier.

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That's too bad, it was good honey and I liked getting a local product


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[spanky123]

Word is that the soil was rendered unsuitable for food after tonnes of soil from Uptown was dumped on the property. I don't know which excavating firm was responsible but wouldn't it be ironic ....

[Rob Randall]

The jar of Babe's I bought at the liquidation sale is almost gone. For me, the end of an era for one of the area's best known local products. I have not seen a comparable product in supermarkets. I guess we will have to go to farmers' markets for local honey. It makes me sad to see such a great old company torn apart by one bad person.

[Matt R.]

There's lots of great local honey available at the Root Cellar, fyi.

Matt.

[Ryan Windsor]

Getting Honey at the Farmers Markets around the Peninsula and Victoria sounds like a great way to support them when they are around. Going to the root cellar in the off season is a great alternative.