J.Q. Dickinson Salt Works: Appalachian Salt-Making Runs in Their Blood

The Positively West Virginia Podcast · Apr 5, 2018 · 28m

A 7th generation salt-making family harvests an all-natural salt by hand, from an ancient ocean trapped below the Appalachian Mountains of the Kanawha Valley in West Virginia. One could say salt-making runs in their blood. They are seventh-generation salt-makers, brother and sister Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne. They share a common love of food, farming and family.

Their salt is completely organic and naturally derived. They are family owned, and they believe that treating the earth and our environment with care will allow their family and yours to live off the land for many years to come. They…