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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

Getting a Start in the Veggie Garden

Elspeth Hay

It's that time of year: still cold, but avid gardeners are itching to get outside. On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay asks Truro farmers Drake Cook and Tessa Gifford what we can do to get started. First on the list? Prepare your soil...

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

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.