The Local Food Report

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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.

  1. HÁ 3 DIAS

    The basics of pruning fruit trees

    I sat down with Russell Norton a horticulture and agriculture educator with the Cape Cod Cooperative Extension and started by asking him: why do we prune?

    5min

  2. 23 DE JAN.

    Seed saving tips from local pros

    Back in 2001, Lauren Leveque and her husband Josh learned to seed save as professionals with High Mowing Seeds in Vermont.

    4min

  3. 16 DE JAN.

    Five ways to eat a cabbage

    This week on the Local Food Report, five ways to eat a cabbage.

    5min

  4. 9 DE JAN.

    Food is medicine on the Outer Cape

    Melissa Lynch works with Sustainable Cape, a non-profit dedicated to connecting local food to healthy places and people. Since April of 2024, she’s been running the organization’s Food is Medicine program, where Mass Health actually pays Sustainable Cape to deliver some of its patients’ local food:

    4min

  5. 3 DE JAN.

    This local cactus is edible, but don't harvest it

    One fall, I lead a foraging walk with visiting fellows from the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown. I pointed out Prickly Pear Cactus — a plant that I’ve heard you can eat, but that we’re not allowed to harvest in Massachusetts, because here it’s considered an endangered species.

    5min
  6. Tips for pie makers

    19/12/2024

    Tips for pie makers

    Imagine yourself sitting down to dessert at the end of a holiday feast. What are you looking for in a pie? This is the question a panel of judges in Provincetown asks themselves each year at an event at the Provincetown Commons called Pie Fest.

    4min

  7. 12/12/2024

    A rare local fruit is making its way back to Cape Cod

    This week, a Falmouth man heads to the Midwest to meet a rare local fruit.

    5min

  8. 05/12/2024

    Making eggnog: time a key ingredient

    Elspeth Hay's great-grandfather kept his eggnog recipe in the safety deposit box - it's that good. This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth reveals its secrets, and how it got the sexton drunk.

    5min
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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.

Informações

  • Criado por
    WCAI
  • Anos de atividade
    2012 - 2025
  • Episódios
    19
  • Classificação
    Livre
  • Site do podcast
    The Local Food Report

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