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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

Wintering Oysters in the Root Cellar

CAI | By Elspeth Hay
Published January 2, 2013 at 10:15 PM EST
Elspeth Hay

Oysterman Jim O' Connell follows an old practice when it comes to over-wintering his shellfish. It's called "pitting," and it means storing oysters underground.  On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay speaks with O'Connell about the method.

 You can find out more about pitting oysters on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore.
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Elspeth Hay
Elspeth Hay is the creator and host of the Local Food Report, a weekly feature that has aired on CAI since 2008, and the author of the forthcoming book, Feed Us with Trees: Nuts and the Future of Food. Deeply immersed in her own local-food system, she writes and reports for print, radio, and online media with a focus on food, the environment, and the people, places, and ideas that feed us. You can learn more about her work at elspethhay.com.
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