Milk & Honey Orchard and Apiary, LLC

07/14/2026

It’s Cheese Trailing Tuesday through Iowa! Yesterday’s stop was ! I love that there is an alpine style cheddar right here in Iowa. They have 140 milking Holsteins and cross Jersey ladies. And beautiful cheeses that celebrate our Iowa landscape! If you haven’t tried their cheese I recommend checking them out! We will be announcing the day at the fair that we will showcase their cheese, so stay tuned! Milk and Honey on!

06/12/2026

If there were ever a favorite honey for me it would be Black Locust. Burst of butter, vanilla, pear, apple, candied grape. Delicate yet powerful. A theme song of dancing in the moonlight!

06/09/2026

We have a fun tasting coming up next month with Kitchen Collage. See link to sign up!

Demonstration + Tasting Location: Kitchen Collage, 430 E. Locust Street | Des Moines, IA 50309 Join us for a delicious tasting experience celebrating two of Iowa's finest foods — local honey and artisan cheese . We're excited to welcome Katie Flinn , owner of Milk & Honey Orcha

06/04/2026

It’s National Cheese Day!
We’ve been doing this cheese and honey pairing for a bit (I mean it is prophetic 😉). And wanted to shout out some amazing Iowa cheesemakers! They craft beautiful milk and cream into these amazing wheels of curd and I’m here for it! Check them out for your next cheesing! Lost Lake Farm LLC
MiltonCreamery
Hinterland Dairy
Frisian Farms
Maytag Dairy
Simple Life Goat

06/03/2026

I laughed, tasted and shared foodie camaraderie with Greater Des Moines LDEI last night in Chef Cass’ amazing space! We talked of honey and cheese terroir and the foodways of the future. The best part my youngest daughter seeing a room full of women working for the same thing (while taking her tasting notes). I love this honey adventure and the way it brings people together. I also spoke of social media absence (hence this post 😉) and that bee-yards, pastures and ball fields have been my immediate home the last 3 weeks.

Stay tuned for tasting fun. We will be restocking honey at Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden next week and have added new stops to appease your palate. And we will be adding additional collab honey tastings, Bee On The Lookout!

Cheese and Honey on Friends!

04/03/2026

Oh its been a minute!

Halfway through artisan cheese and wine history with travel to Boston weekly. It’s been exhilarating, exhausting, and I wouldn’t change it ever! And oh the support of my family has been so humbling and I love them BIG! Amazing things coming but right now it’s all Cheese and Wine!