Elspeth Hay
Host, The Local Food ReportElspeth 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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It’s that time of year again—we’re deep into storage vegetable season and I’m looking for recipe inspiration. -
Imagine yourself sitting down to dessert at the end of a holiday feast. What are you looking for in a pie? This is the question a panel of judges in Provincetown asks themselves each year at an event at the Provincetown Commons called Pie Fest. -
Fermented non-alcoholic drinks are incredibly beneficial for our gut microbiomes, and these in turn boost everything from immune function to metabolic health and even mental health. -
Lesley Marchessault of Provincetown has gotten serious about her biscuit recipes. -
This week on the Local Food Report: cranberry pies in Provincetown. -
A backyard crocus grower produces an expensive spice -
A program that provides local food to people whose SNAP benefits run dry -
This time of year, it’s still dark when Patrick Rickaby and his springer Ada leave home. They climb out of Patrick’s truck at dawn deep in the heart of Cape Cod National Seashore. -
The other day I finally put my garden to bed. While I ripped out the skeletons of tomatoes and tucked away eggplant cages for another season, I noticed some of my plants had gone to seed. -
The Farmers Land Trust is a way to change to the usual way that farmland is owned.
