Valley of the Moon Honey Company was founded by Nick Leighton in 2024. VOM Honey Company was founded in the pursuit of producing the best local honey as well as offering an option to people who would like to own bees but may not want to deal with direct management of them.

Nick manages 20 colonies of his own bees and takes pride in trying to produce robost genetics adapted to the Sonoma County, only selecting to continue hives that display gentleness, good hygenie, and great honey production.