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Black bee keepers8/14/2023 In fact, most of the reasons for such substantial land dispossession are cruel, explains Danielle Purifoy, PhD, assistant professor of geography at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Nicky Wooīlack landowners retain less than half of the farmland they did more than a century ago and that’s by design. Kam and Summer Johnson appeared on Shark Tank’s most recent season. And from a distant vantage point, it’s one of many stories heralding the ongoing reconciliation between Black people and the outdoors and ponders what it means to profit off this country’s land bred from forced labor-and first stolen from Native people. Up close, it’s one that spotlights the many rewards of taking a chance. The Johnsons' story celebrates a family’s dedication to holistic living and the start of a thriving business that’s brought them closer together. In emails to the Johnsons, viewers confess their understandings of honey and natural remedies were narrower than they once thought and enthusiasts shared stories about how honey worked wonders for colds, inflammation, and allergies. They made their mark on Shark Tank’s most recent season, earning themselves a deal with Barbara Corcoran who invested $200,000 to help build their business. The Johnsons have become well-known at New Jersey and New York farmer’s markets. That the company’s seen success isn’t at all surprising. They launched Zach & Zoë Sweet Bee Farm in 2016. They’d be giving their children a taste of professional responsibility and giving their honey an edge. By the following spring, he displayed none of the symptoms his family had come to associate with him and warmer weather, he no longer needed to take prescription medication.īeing witness to honey’s healing properties firsthand sparked a business idea for the Johnsons: infusing their raw local honey with superfoods. In Zach’s case, all of the elements worked in his favor. But if the pollen you’re allergic to is the one your local bees are collecting, and if the honey contains an effective concentration of pollen, she doesn’t discourage the practice. When it comes to allergies, she stresses medical immunotherapy, such as allergy shots, as a more effective way to get relief. “You're building up your tolerance,” explains Cascya Charlot, MD, medical director of Allergy and Asthma Care of Brooklyn. By consuming it, people who live in the area are essentially desensitizing themselves with small amounts of the allergy-causing pollen. “Honey can introduce the body to natural allergens,” Kam explains, as long as it’s local, ideally “within a 90-mile radius.” The honey that bees produce contains traces of the pollen from local plants and crops. Zoë and Zach Johnson in front of their family’s beehives.
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