Piper Hanson captures the work at Cold River Vodka.

Bios of the contributors to the Salt 2007-2008 Magazine.

Heather Flor is a Peruvian-American farmer and artist who uses rest as a radical tool. Heather’s mother, María Rosita, and her four-year old nephew, Ediercito, do too.

Kimberly Hasling discusses the history of the Paradise family, while also covering local history on Long Pond. She talks to family members regarding their family stories and their ways of life, uncovering how a family became ingrained to the place where they lived.

Attempting to save heirloom seeds to prevent further loss of food crop diversity, Will Bonsall started a project to collect, preserve, and distribute rare seed varieties. Graham Letorney captures the work done by Bonsall.

Living off the land as a homesteader, Jim Cornish enjoys a rustic life. Kevin Ting profiles how Cornish and other men have become one with their land.

In the town of Biddeford, the contract with the Maine Energy Recovery Center (MERC) is expired, many residents of the town have spoken against renewing the contract due to health concerns of center's emissions. Caryn Turgeon captures images of residents in the town.

Tonee Harbert captures a moment of relaxation between Jamaican apple pickers at Douglas Hill Orchard in South Bridgton.

Attempting to save heirloom seeds to prevent further loss of food crop diversity, Will Bonsall started a project to collect, preserve, and distribute rare seed varieties. Sarah Buckingham speaks to Bonsall about the importance of collecting seeds and his mission to distribute them.

Instead of using local labor, Henry Drake hires Jamaicans to help me pick apples every season at his apple orchard. Jennie Vosacek captures images of Drake and his crew to highlight work at an apple orchard.

As someone who has held many different jobs in his life, Al Buzzell is a jack of all trades. Mark Childs documents how Buzzell got involved with a number of different trades.

George Lewis, sociologist and Maine native, explains why we are creatures of the culture that we create and consume.