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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

Cape Cod's History of Making Salt, Pt 2

In the historical heyday of salt making on Cape Cod, not only table salt was produced.  On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay describes how a byproduct was used for making washing soda for detergents, tanning leather, and dying cloth. What's more, the cold brine leftover could be used to make Epsom salt, or magnesium sulfate.

Find out more on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore.

Cape Cod's Long History of Making Salt, Part One

An avid locavore, Elspeth lives in Wellfleet and writes a blog about food. Elspeth is constantly exploring the Cape, Islands, and South Coast and all our farmer's markets to find out what's good, what's growing and what to do with it. Her Local Food Report airs Thursdays at 8:30 on Morning Edition and 5:45pm on All Things Considered, as well as Saturday mornings at 9:30.