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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

Nantucket Farmer Shares Favorite Tomato Varieties and Planting Tips

CAI | By Elspeth Hay
Published May 29, 2014 at 7:00 AM EDT
Elspeth Hay

Now is the time to get your tomato seedlings in the ground. This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay talks with Bartlett's Farm vegetable production manager Andrew Spollett, who grows over 15 acres of tomatoes for the farm. They discuss  his favorite varieties and how to take good care of tomato plants once they're in the ground.

For a complete list of the varieties mentioned in the piece, you can visit 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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