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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

Cape Cod's Long History of Making Salt

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In 1837 there were 658 saltworks on Cape Cod,  producing 26,000 tons of salt a year.   On The Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay examines the Cape's rich history of salt production. By 1888 the last commercial saltworks was dismantled. But recently salt-making has been making a comeback.

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Find out more on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore.

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.