In 1962, Almon Williams began raising sheeps. Williams walks Salt students through the sheep shearing process.

In the Kennedy family, bean hole bean baking has always been a tradition. Suellen Simpson travels to the Kennedy household in The Forks to learn about baking beans in the ground.

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.

Christine Kulcheski speaks to residents on Islesboro and learns about their island community and women's group.

With the rise of UFC fighting in American, many martial arts studios introduced training for a form called grappling. Karen Sosnoski explores how Seung Choi runs his martial arts studio in Portland and discusses his beliefs and training.

Table of contents for July 1984 Salt Magazine.

Informational page on the Salt Semester Program.

Table of contents for December 1983 Salt Magazine.

Todd Gorden explores the Buddhist culture in Hancock County, speaking to Buddhists about their backgrounds and involvment in Buddhism.

A long established part of Portland, the John J. Nissen Baking Company has had many employees come through the business. Lisa Ferrugia speaks to current and former employees of the baking company to learn about their experiences working for the company and their opinions about a facility move to Biddeford.

Table of contents for November 1984 Salt Magazine.

Hillary Berliner documents the lives of migrant workers from Honduras who work in forestry, known as brushcutters. Berliner learns about the work that these workers performer in the forestry industry and discusses their personal stories.