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The Local Food Report

    

with Elspeth Hay

The world of food is changing, fast. 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. Through these conversations she aims to rebuild our cultural store of culinary knowledge—and to reconnect us with the people, places, and ideas that feed us.

The Local Food Report can be heard every Thursday morning at 8:45am and afternoon at 5:45pm, and Saturday morning at 9:35.

An avid locavore, Elspeth Hay lives in Wellfleet and writes a blog about food, Diary of a Locavore. 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. You can find more of her work at her website, elspethhay.com. 

The Local Food Report is produced by Jay Allison and Viki Merrick of Atlantic Public Media.

The Local Food Report is made possible by the support of the Local Food Chain.

Ways to Connect

All in the (Turnip) Family

By • Dec 17, 2012
Elspeth Hay

Particularly in the winter, we need all the choices we can get when it comes to vegetables.  On this week's Local Food Report, Elspeth explores locally grown turnip family varieties.  She says it's nice to see local farmers reviving old root vegetables to keep us fed.

Daikon Radish: Carrot Doppleganger

By • Dec 4, 2012
Elspeth Hay

If you've never met a daikon radish, you're in for a treat. They're an incredibly large radish, very thick and satiny white. While Americans generally associate them with Japan, they actually found their way to Japan via China about two thousand years ago, and they're incredibly popular all over Asia. They're also called mooli in Britain, and they're used in Asia in all sorts of dishes. They're particularly popular in the winter when they provide a much needed source of Vitamin C. And yes, you really can eat the greens.

The Local Food Report: A Really Big Squash

By • Nov 15, 2012
Elspeth Hay

An interesting thing about Tromboncincos is that they can be used as both a summer or a winter squash. Right now, Darnell's selling them as winter squash—they look and taste like butternut, and they'll keep through the winter.

Local Dogs

By • Nov 9, 2012

At the West Tisbury Winter Farmers' Market on Martha's Vineyard, Elspeth discovers a local, all-beef hot dog.

Groundfish Down

By • Oct 25, 2012

It's no secret that the fishery is in trouble. The Secretary of Commerce declared a commercial fishery failure in the Northeast groundfish fishery for the 2013 season. Starting in May, there will likely be big cuts to the quotas.

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

Espalier Apples

By • Oct 25, 2012

First off, Stephen, thank you for the apple cake. I knew it would be good—I could tell that much from the warmth and the smell and the soft, crackly apple bits that peeked out around the edges. But I had no idea how good—that it would melt and give way and taste downright heavenly.

Find out more, and get the recipe for Old Truro Road Apple Cake, on Elspeth's blog, Diary of a Locavore.

Better Beer Begins at Home

By • Feb 16, 2012
Elspeth Hay

Let's talk beer. Not the kind you buy, but the kind you make at home. In this 3-part episode of the Local Food Report, originally broadcast in February and March of 2012, Elspeth dives into the process of brewing your own beer.  She begins with a little history: 5000 years ago the Sumerians were already at it...

Elspeth has more information about homebrewing, including a recipe and links for brewing resources, on her blog Diary of a Locavore.  

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