Meet Kelsey Racicot
Kelsey is currently a senior at the University of Washington, majoring in Environmental Studies. She has one more quarter to go in the fall. When Kelsey isn’t selling honey at the Columbia City, West Seattle or Maple Valley farmers markets, she’s working on her senior thesis: outdoor experiential education linked with urban beekeeping. She is building a curriculum with Seattle Tilth to teach kids and their parents about the ecology and importance of bees and how easy it can be to set up and manage your own small hive in Seattle. This project plays directly into Kelsey’s long-
term dreams of pursuing a life in sustainable agriculture and inspiring the youth themselves to choose a sustainable lifestyle. In the future, Kelsey plans to farm and keep bees of her own!
Q. How long have you been working with Sweet As Can Bee?
A. Since December of 2009
Q. How did you get involved with them?
A. I Interviewed Isaac for an ethnography project in an anthropology class last autumn quarter. In exchange for Isaac’s time with the interview, I offered to volunteer at a special event. Volunteering eventually turned into working farmers markets, so here I am now as a member of the Sweet As Can Bee family!
Q. What is your favorite SACB honey variety (at the moment) and why?
A. I really like the habanero creamed honey. I love to cook, and you just can’t beat the sweet heat from this honey. It’s great on yam fries or an incredible spicy BBQ sauce we make at my house. We put it on a slammin’ smoked Gouda purple potato BBQ pizza!
Q. Most memorable moment at the markets this year?
A. That’s tough to pick one moment. I guess I love watching kids taste honey for the first time. They’re hesitant at first, then they fall in love with the natural deliciousness of raw local honey. You can just tell they’re hooked for life!
Q. Why do you love honey and or bees?
A. I’m addicted to honey; it’s sweet and delicious. It also makes my skin looks great; I wash my face with honey every day. And bees are magical creatures. They are responsible for 1/3 of all the food we eat, all the while making the tastiest liquid gold I’ve ever encountered!
Q. What is your favorite honeybee fact?
A. It takes one million trips to different flowers for a colony to produce a one-pound jar of honey. Talk about hard work.










