the salt harvesting ceased to exist. Many locals on the island since then have grown up being told by their parents that the salt ponds were dangerous and should be avoided at all costs ...

“I started from a young age, when I was about six years old,” says Ayvar de la Cruz, recalling her earliest experiences of harvesting salt from the area known in the vicinity as Las Salinas. “I began ...

Salt harvesting is a core part of the Caribbean island’s history and identity. Lydia Mansel is a writer with more than eight years of experience editing and writing for both brands and online ...

After lunch Tron and Jessica Huckaby led guests through the basics of salt harvesting, drying and packing in the warehouse. John Huckaby shared his memories in the main office, where a wall of ...

In the salt marshes of Cadiz in southwestern Spain, Juan Carlos Sanchez de Lamadrid surveyed a grid of rectangular pools of milky water, part of a time-honoured tradition to harvest salt from the sea.