Sure you can buy tons of spices locally, but are those spices grown/created/developed locally, or is your local vendor just shipping in those spices from some foreign land? As I begin to put together my yearly Bucket List, versus New Year's Resolutions that just never transpire, I have decided to pursue the task of finding and using as many locally made spices as possible. I decided to start with salt - the most basic of all spices and one that every culture obviously uses. I have enjoyed salts from many lands and many seas, but was delighted to find some wonderful salts that are made in the State of Maine in the good old USA. http://www.maineseasalt.com/ I could not imagine my culinary world without Sea Salt and the sea salt from Maine lives up to my expectations. So far I have tried two other salts that they produce: Apple Smoked and Lemon. The Apple Smoked salt is fabulous on any type of pork and I loved the lemon salt on Chicken and a variety of vegetables. I can't wait to experiment more and report back my findings!