A farmer holds harvested salt in Tambak Cemandi village in Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia, July 31, 2023. (Photo by Sahlan Kurniawan/Xinhua) Farmers harvest salt in Tambak Cemandi village in ...

Most salt is industrially processed but in Bali, it is won from the sea by farmers who harvest it by hand. The tradition has been handed down for generations, but it is now a dying art.

The work of harvesting usually begins in February or March and carries on for three or four months, depending on the weather. The members of the Ayvar de la Cruz family are the only remaining ...

Even salt trapped in underground veins isn’t immune to rising temperatures. Rock salt makes up the bulk of the $2.5-billion US market, and Canada holds the title of greatest salt consumption per ...