Seventh-generation salt makers Nancy Bruns and Lewis Payne hand-harvest small-batch finishing salt from an ancient Iapetus Ocean brine aquifer beneath West Virginia’s Appalachian Mountains. On their family’s 200-year-old farm in Malden, solar evaporation, mountain breezes, and hand-crafted wooden rakes shape the crystals without additives or anti-caking agents. J.Q. Dickinson Salt-Works is family-owned and also welcomes visitors to its historic salt farm.
Amagansett Sea Salt CoKnown for the taste of Long Island’s Atlantic coast, Amagansett Sea Salt Co. is an American maker of hand-harvested sea salt. The Amagansett team works in small batches, letting filtered seawater evaporate outdoors in open-air salt pans rather than boiling or oven-drying it. Its salt is supplied to restaurants across the United States and used by home cooks seeking a clean flavor with a soft crunch.AMAGANSETT, NY
US Salt LLCOn the shore of Seneca Lake, US Salt has produced evaporated granulated salt in Watkins Glen since 1893. The company supplies food-grade and USP salt under both branded and private labels, while also serving water-treatment and industrial customers. Its plant uses a multiple-effect vacuum-pan process, with brine drawn from a rich underground salt bed beneath the Finger Lakes site.WILLOW GROVE, PA
American Rock Salt CompanyFounded in 1997, American Rock Salt Company operates the Hampton Corners mine in Western New York, producing American-mined rock salt for winter road de-icing. The mine is the largest producing salt mine in the United States, with daily output ranging from 10,000 to 20,000 tons and distribution across the Northeast. Its story also carries a multigenerational local connection: four generations of the Bucci family have worked in the region’s salt-mining industry.RETSOF, NY
AgSalt Processing, LLCFounded in 1989 to fill a gap in the agricultural feed-salt industry, Gettysburg’s AgSalt Processing makes salt-based products for winter maintenance and livestock nutrition. The small, family-owned business produces its TruMelt ice-melt blends and Everflow feed supplements in Pennsylvania, while building its business around long-term relationships with area dealers.GETTYSBURG, PA