The Local Food Report
The Local Food Report takes us to the heart of the local food movement to talk with growers, harvesters, processors, cooks, policymakers and visionaries. The world of food is changing, fast. As people reimagine their relationships to food, creator Elspeth Hay and editor Viki Merrick aim to rebuild our cultural stores of culinary knowledge — and to reconnect us with the people, places, and ideas that feed us. Tips from listeners are always welcome.
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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There aren’t many things that will get me out of bed at 5:30 in the morning. But bagels—or really just the prospect of learning how to make them—is one. Recently, I stood in Wellfleet’s Bagel Hound with owner Ellery Althaus, while the windows were still dark, staring a pile of dough. -
Beau Valtz is standing in his Wellfleet kitchen in front of a giant pile of fresh garlic.He's wrapping heads of garlic tightly in tin foil. -
Recently I made a visit to the Sandwich fish hatchery. That’s where the state raises trout for stocking in local ponds and rivers and I spoke with Mike Clark who helps breed four different trout varieties. -
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A primer on Cape Cod clams—local species and how to handle each one in the kitchen. -
Selective breeding is not a new thing in the food world; humans have been selecting for desirable traits in plants and animals for thousands of years. But… -
This week, a young man in Truro on pruning wild blueberries and our relationship with the natural world. -
For a long time, skate has been considered trash fish. But with local groundfish like haddock and cod increasingly off the menu, home cooks and local chefs are turning more and more to this tasty shark relative. -
It’s that time of year again—we’re deep into storage vegetable season and I’m looking for recipe inspiration. -
Around this time every year, Elspeth talks with a local farmer or gardener about what they’re planning for the upcoming growing season. This week, she sits down with a Wellfleet gardener and restauranteur.
