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The Local Food Report episodes
- Restoring the American ChestnutAll over eastern North America right now, chestnut breeders are pollinating tree flowers.5 min
- The connections between fire and native food plantsOur native forests are full of food. The understories are packed with blueberries and huckleberries and for thousands of years, local overstories have been full of nut trees: hickories and chestnuts and walnuts and oaks.5 min
- A farmer on Martha’s Vineyard works to fine-tune the relationships between cattle and grassMob grazing is a strategy Dan Athearn is working with to try to control what’s growing on this unique stretch of grassland. His family took over managing the land with a group of other local growers and cattle farmers in 2021.5 min
- A farm family on Martha’s Vineyard reflects on 50 yearsWhen Debbie Athearn’s father bought the 25 acres that started Morning Glory Farm in Edgartown, times were different.5 min
- The purple color on local quahog shells—and why it might matter for fisheries managementAlmost fifty years ago, when Haraldur Sigurdsson first came to the University of Rhode Island from Iceland, he got interested in what makes some clam shells more purple than others.5 min
- It's pollen season in the kitchenMy friend Nicole Cormier is a registered dietician and studying for a masters in herbalism. And when she told me she eats pine pollen — and that in fact, it’s one of her favorite things to forage, I had to tag along.5 min
- The beautiful, intricate relationships between native bees and native food cropsMany of our native bees — and a few other surprising insects — evolved with and rely on many native edible species.5 min
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- A Korean Natural Farming teacher on the relationships that create healthy soilThis week on the Local Food Report, a Korean Natural Farming teacher on the relationships that create healthy soil.6 min
- An apple expert from Maine on the importance of diversity in our treesJohn Bunker has spent the past fifty years learning everything he can about North American apple varieties.5 min
About The Local Food Report
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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.