These Virginia peanuts are grown and roasted by Belmont Peanuts. J.Q. Dickinson sends salt to be added when they are roasted. They are crunchy and delicious. They make a great snack and a great gift! Producer notes: J.Q. Dickinson is a local, family owned salt mine with a history dating back to 1817. The mine taps into an ancient, rich source trapped beneath the Appalachian Mountains — the Iapetus Ocean. The salt is treated more like an agricultural product rather than an extractive mineral product. “It’s something we pull from the ground; we let mother nature do her work on it, and then we harvest it." Read about how they harvest salt and the impact on it's flavor here: https://www.harvie.farm/blog/slow-salt-meet-nancy-bruns-of-j-q-dickinson-salt-works/ 
