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>>19303935
>How do I know these dudes at the farmer's market didn't just buy up honey from the grocery store, rip off the label, and sell it off as "local"?
Some of them absolutely do. Our local "farm stand" sells relabeled honey from at least a few hundred miles away, they're cagey about exactly where, I doubt they even know. We keep buying it because it's better than supermarket honey but yeah, don't trust anyone who won't show you their beehives. By comparison, the couple selling eggs at our farmers market were more than happy to invite us back to their house/farm to see their chicken coops. (Not free range, too many foxes in the area, but I've seen the birds first-hand, so I KNOW it's not repackaged supermarket eggs from a battery farm.) Some other folks at the farmers market are just actors in overalls.

FWIW Costco seems to take labeling somewhat seriously and last year issued refunds for "local" honey that turned out to not be actually local:
https://www.eatthis.com/news-costco-alerting-members-about-products/