In May, C. and I rode down to Malden, West Virginia to meet the makers of J.Q.Dickinson Salt. They're siblings from a long line of industrial salt makers in the Kanawha Valley, pumping up brine that can be traced to an ancient ocean. Listen to the story we put together for the Southern Foodways Alliance's Gravy podcast!
Old salt samples from the Dickinson's salt works. (Irina Zhorov)