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July 29, 2021 Using Rosehips Like Tomatoes
The other afternoon I took my girls to walk the bayside beach. They snacked on sea beans and beach plums and I filled my t-shirt with the fruits of rosa rugosa. The hips are big this time of year and while some have gone soft and mushy, there are plenty of firm ones.
4 min
July 09, 2021 A Common Wild Berry Brings a Range of Delicious Flavors
It’s high season for a common wild berry with a whole lot of names.
4 min
June 17, 2021 Foraging for Elderberry Flowers
This week on the Local Food Report, Elspeth drives the back roads of the Outer Cape with a forager looking for elderberry flowers.
5 min
May 13, 2021 A Hen Goes Broody
This week on the Local Food Report, a hen goes broody and Elspeth hatches chicks.
6 min
May 06, 2021 Creating Drought-Resistant Raised Beds
This week on The Local Food Report, Elspeth learns about building drought-resistant raised beds.
4 min
April 24, 2021 Cooking with a Little-Known Wild Edible
I first tasted milkweed a few years ago. I was at Ceraldi in Wellfleet—a restaurant known for its focus on hyper-local ingredients— and I tried the plants’ shoots. They were bright and snappy and so gloriously green-tasting that I wanted to learn more.
5 min
April 15, 2021 Hunting for Hazelnuts
This week on the Local Food Report, a naturalist takes Elspeth hunting for hazelnuts.
5 min
April 08, 2021 Hunting for Watercress in the Herring River
Elspeth Hay goes foraging for the watercress in the Herring River in Wellfleet.
5 min
April 01, 2021 Foraging Ideas for Spring
Foraging ideas for spring on The Local Food Report.
5 min
March 18, 2021 Migratory Beekeeping
Twenty-five hundred miles away in California right now, a million acres of almond trees are blooming. And migratory honeybee keepers from all over the country—including those from eastern Massachusetts—are there with their hives, paid to show up and pollinate. When documentary film producer Peter Nelson first learned this, he was fascinated.
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…