Notes from the Field

Recent Local Food Reports, journal entries, & more

Elspeth Hay 9/10/26 Elspeth Hay 9/10/26

Tips for beginning mushroom hunters from a Wellfleet enthusiast

Elspeth Hay 8/27/26 Elspeth Hay 8/27/26

Eating wild black cherries, pits and all

Elspeth Hay 8/20/26 Elspeth Hay 8/20/26

The underappreciated Cornelian cherry

Elspeth Hay 8/13/26 Elspeth Hay 8/13/26

A fizzy fermented drink made from leftover bread

Elspeth Hay 8/6/26 Elspeth Hay 8/6/26

Remembering Wellfleet’s historic herring run

Elspeth Hay 7/23/26 Elspeth Hay 7/23/26

Huckleberries are tasty and often overlooked

Elspeth Hay 7/15/26 Elspeth Hay 7/15/26

Miller Ward on our job as humans

Elspeth Hay 7/9/26 Elspeth Hay 7/9/26

Cooking with garlic scapes

Elspeth Hay 6/25/26 Elspeth Hay 6/25/26

Holding on to rain for food security

Elspeth Hay 6/18/26 Elspeth Hay 6/18/26

Cooking with oily fish

Elspeth Hay 6/17/26 Elspeth Hay 6/17/26

Acorn sourdough

Elspeth Hay 6/4/26 Elspeth Hay 6/4/26

Growing a local food hub

Elspeth Hay 5/28/26 Elspeth Hay 5/28/26

A fish hatchery in Sandwich among the oldest in the country

Elspeth Hay 5/21/26 Elspeth Hay 5/21/26

Blueberries and Bumblebees

Elspeth Hay 5/14/26 Elspeth Hay 5/14/26

Herring fishery reopens in Harwich after two decades

Elspeth Hay 5/7/26 Elspeth Hay 5/7/26

A beekeeper on Martha’s Vineyard rears his own queens

Elspeth Hay 4/30/26 Elspeth Hay 4/30/26

Gardening as therapy for kids

Elspeth Hay 4/23/26 Elspeth Hay 4/23/26

Making bagels in the dawn kitchen

Elspeth Hay 4/16/26 Elspeth Hay 4/16/26

Acorns, chestnuts, and hickories

Elspeth Hay 4/16/26 Elspeth Hay 4/16/26

A Korean natural farming leader visits the Outer Cape