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The meeting of the warm Gulf Stream and the cool Labrador Current gives our location a unique source of high mineral content and high salinity ocean water. We only use the sun to evaporate these pristine waters found here off of Hatteras Island. Due to the extreme weather out here on the island we have an abundance of recycled materials from houses and ships being beaten by the weather. We use these materials as much as possible on our farm.
What makes Hatteras Saltworks solar evaporated sea salt unique is our location. Our solar oven farm is located 30 miles off the coast of NC on Hatteras Island. We have the Gulf Stream and Labrador current meeting right off our coast, giving us bountiful fishing, beautiful surf and the cleanest most nutrient rich waters we could find. Our remote location is far from any major cities and due to the small population here we have little water runoff from humans to deal with.
Due to the National Park on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, it is prohibited to remove ocean water from their beaches to make Sea Salt. For this reason, in the past, we have utilized the Avon Pier , thanks to the Thompson Family. In 2020 we purchased a classic 22' Sisu, used by the Navy on the James River. Now in 2021 we have completely overhauled the decks, stern, engine etc. to carry pristine ocean water from Hatteras Inlet .
After we collect our source water, filter and evaporate in Hoop Houses at farm, we then hand pick the Sea Salt in our NCDA approved packaging facility. This is when we break down the crystals and have a final drying in our Solar ovens. We then package each bag by hand and either bring to market or sell online. In all aspects of our process we keep our Solar Evaporated Sea Salt as pure and natural as possible.