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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

Seed Ordering Time

Elspeth Hay

There is a drift of snow two feet deep over the garden. Still, it's seed ordering time. On the Local Food Report, Elspeth Hay rejoices in the certain approach of spring and the prospect of restarting the garden. So what seed do you order? And how much?

For more information, check out 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.