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By Angie Brown
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image captionDarren Peattie said he wanted to celebrate St Monans as the true home of salt
Salt harvesting is being revived in a Fife coastal village - 200 years after the industry ended in the area. The East Neuk Salt Company plans to produce two tonnes of artisan sea salt every month from February in St Monans.
In the 1790s, salt was Scotland s third-largest export after wool and fish.
It was so valuable that it was referred to as white gold , with companies willing to burn eight tonnes of coal to make every tonne of salt.