When back-to-landers decided to start their farm, they were faced with a hard choice of switching crops and growing to a market economy or losing their land. Andrew Reiner documents how farmers at Good Earth Farm live a rural lifestyle and the challenges they have faced.

Kelli Gavant highlights the life of Phyllis Rogers, a teacher with SPIRAL Arts, Inc., who suffers from chronic pain following an accident that damaged her brain. Gavant discusses the work that SPIRAL Arts does for their students and how it has helped Rogers and others.

Jennifer Acker discusses the lives of locomotive maintainers for the St. Lawrence and Atlantic Railroad.

In Maine, there is a growing conflict between old lifestyles and traditions surrounding hunting and wildlife preservation. Rebecca Goldfine investigates the differing opinions of hunters and animal rehabilitators regarding the use of land for hunting.

Salt offers a guide on Maine's historic inns.

Located on Hobson's Wharf in Portland, Becky's Diner sees a particular set of regulars nearly everyday. Kerry Elson speaks to owner Becky Rand and patrons to learn about the diner and the atmosphere within.

With one room schools falling into obscurity, Salt travels to Cliff Island to investigate if these schools serve a need in today's world.

As one of the best farmers in Aroostook County, Mike Brown never sold a potato that he wouldn't put on his own table. Christopher Knight documents why Brown quit one day after his seed was bought and loan was approved.

Barbershops are social places with a crowd of regulars. Julia Mickenberg takes readers inside two barbershops to highlight the culture within a barbershop.

When long-time friend Monty Washburn invited Salt students on an expedition, they wasted no time in joining along. Jay York reports from Washburn's hunting camp near Upton on the subject of fiddlehead hunting.

In an effort to be thrifty and pass the time, New Englanders go to the dump to pick for items. Sean Riley documents the work dump pickers do and the kinds of items they find.

Table of contents for June 1974 Salt Magazine.