A country surrounded by seawater had to import most of its salt
by editors@theworld.org (Dany Mitzman) from The World: Latest Stories on (#755JZ)
A 1995 law in the Philippines dictated that all salt sold in the country had to be iodized because of iodine deficiency among Filipinos. That led to the closing of many artisanal salt making businesses, mostly small family operations. But the Slow Food movement is trying to change that. From Negros Island, reporter Dany Mitzman has the story.