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The Local Food Report
As we re-imagine our relationships to what we eat, Local Food Report creator Elspeth Hay takes us to the heart of the local food movement to talk with growers, harvesters, processors, cooks, policy makers and visionaries

Bakers Revive a Tradition of Growing Local Grains

Elspeth Hay

This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with a couple in Western Massachusetts who've started a CSA, or community supported agriculture program, for grains & beans. Instead of weekly, the pick-ups are once a year, and members get over 100 pounds of locally grown grains and beans to feed their families through the year. 

You can find a great recipe for using one of the more unusual grains in the CSA—an ancient variety of wheat called emmer or farro—over here. And you can find out more about the Pioneer Valley Heritage Grain CSA on their website.

An avid locavore, Elspeth lives in Wellfleet and writes a blog about food. Elspeth is constantly exploring the Cape, Islands, and South Coast and all our farmer's markets to find out what's good, what's growing and what to do with it. Her Local Food Report airs Thursdays at 8:30 on Morning Edition and 5:45pm on All Things Considered, as well as Saturday mornings at 9:30.