The Caddo acquired salt from the Gulf Coast Basin, particularly the saltworks along the Saline River, for cooking and barter. The is a product of the Gulf Coast Basin, a major deposit of rock salt ...

But certain food items never go out of demand, making them ideal for barter or trade. Durable, compact, and universally needed, these pantry staples could become the currency of a future in crisis.

In the days of yesteryear, salt makers would give five-gallon buckets to those who asked, but, today, it’s typically limited to one gallon. They still barter with salt, and they have even auctioned it ...

Altogether, in sales and barter with the free world, Castro can raise only about $145 million this year—hardly a bonanza, considering that Cuba got about $275 million for a smaller crop last ...

Salt was used as money in certain societies, due to its importance as a preservative. As civilizations advanced and developed more sophisticated economies, the use of commodity money evolved.

Barter trade has been an integral part of human civilisation, but over time, as people moved to cities, cash replaced kind. Kathmandu Valley’s Newa traders prospered from a trans-Himalayan barter ...

Farmers work in ancient salt fields in a village in Markham county, Chamdo, Tibet autonomous region. ZHOU DIXIAO/XINHUA The traditional craft of salt production in Tsakhalho township of Chamdo ...

Natives also used salt to barter with French settlers. Cloud Crossing is a Louisiana State Park that’s located in Kisatchie National Forest in Northwest Louisiana.