The Local Food Report
The Local Food Report can be heard every Thursday on WCAI, the local NPR station for Cape Cod, Martha's Vineyard, Nantucket, and the South Coast.
From farmers' markets to backyard gardens, wild forage to home kitchen recipes, the Local Food Report explores the Cape, Islands, and South Coast to find out what's in season and what to do with it.
The Local Food Report airs Thursday at 8:35 AM and 5:45 PM and Saturday at 9:35 AM and is made possible by our Local Food Report sponsors.
Latest Stories
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This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth learns about building drought-resistant raised beds. -
For decades, Anne Averill has been researching how our agricultural systems impact native bees. More specifically, she's been studying the diversity and…
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I first tasted milkweed a few years ago. I was at Ceraldi in Wellfleet—a restaurant known for its focus on hyper-local ingredients— and I tried the plants’ shoots. They were bright and snappy and so gloriously green-tasting that I wanted to learn more.
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This week on the Local Food Report, a naturalist takes Elspeth hunting for hazelnuts.
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Elspeth Hay goes foraging for the watercress in the Herring River in Wellfleet.
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A world-renowned seed saver shares his story.
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Twenty-five hundred miles away in California right now, a million acres of almond trees are blooming. And migratory honeybee keepers from all over the country—including those from eastern Massachusetts—are there with their hives, paid to show up and pollinate. When documentary film producer Peter Nelson first learned this, he was fascinated.
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This week, Elspeth talks with a Falmouth cook who’s experimenting with chestnut flour.
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Naomi Robbins of the Wellfleet Public Library’s Curbside Seeds program is looking forward to spring. She’s ordered over 120 varieties from six different seed companies, and she’s eager to share them:
