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The Local Food Report episodes

November 21, 2024 A Falmouth shepherd, his dog, and their sheep
Until the other day, I’d never thought about how an animal’s diet affects the ways farmers control them. When we talk about the differences between farm animals raised on grass versus grain, we usually focus on health. But there’s also a set of relationships that’s lost when these animals follow the sound of grain in a bucket instead of grazing.
6 min
November 14, 2024 A tiny squash that's packed with flavor
When Brewster farmer Ron Backer first read about honeynut squash, he knew he wanted to grow it.
4 min
November 07, 2024 Farmers, gardeners, and landscapers on adapting their growing practices and crops as our climate changes
This summer, farmer Dave Dewitt of Truro told me he’s growing something I’ve always thought of as a southern crop — okra.
5 min
October 31, 2024 It’s a banner year for acorns
5 min
October 24, 2024 Harvesting dinner and jewelry from the sea
Harvesting Dinner—and Jewelry—from the Sea.
5 min
October 17, 2024 A farm educator in Truro gets kids excited about fruits, veggies and voting
For years now, farmer Stephanie Rein of the non-profit Sustainable Cape in Truro has been teaching kids about growing food. She does this in multiple elementary schools on the Outer Cape, and when she first started, she had the kids make something she called a seed wish list.
5 min
October 10, 2024 100 years of tree crops in Pennsylvania
A few years ago, a Philadelphia arborist named Max Paschall read an article about a man named John Hershey. Hershey ran a tree nursery and experimental farm in Pennsylvania in the 1930s.
5 min
September 12, 2024 A fizzy fermented drink made from leftover bread
Helen loved kvass. The flavor, the fizz, everything about this drink made from fermenting stale bread with water and sugar. But when she got home, she forgot about it for almost forty years.
5 min
August 29, 2024 The underappreciated Cornelian Cherry
I have a friend in Barnstable who’s always telling me about unusual edible plants, particularly perennials. Recently, he told me he’s planting something new called a Cornelian Cherry.
5 min
August 22, 2024 A fig tree grows in Wellfleet
To plant a fig tree in our climate is an act of faith. Most figs are native to the tropics—and in the heat and sweat of this world they do amazing things. They’ve co-evolved with a wasp that crawls into the fruit and pollinates it from the inside out.
5 min

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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…