Indeed it taste much better! Just like my easter turkey, came from a farm and was picked up the day before the smoking from the BBQ house, it's sooo much better. Same for the honey, each pollen types produces a different taste and color, when you start to taste a few you can notice it between batches. I replaced much of my sugar in cooking with local honey. If you look around, especially in Turner Valley and south of the province , you can get farmed elk, farmed bison, local beef and so on for sale directly from them and like full legit licensed to do so. Farmers markets are a good place too for veggies, not so much now but in the harvest season, you can get good deals.