At Tom Gyger's orchard near Bridgton, Jamaican apple pickers live a life between two worlds. Lisa Rathke follows around 13 pickers through the harvest and their daily lives.

With regulations in Maine keeping the lobster population strong, the Maine lobster fishery is actually struggling due to the price of lobster getting lower. Jessica Miller investigates how fishery conservation is impacting the work that lobstermen do, and how an ecosystem imbalance is causing concern for conservationists.

Katie Terrill captures the lives of student athletes from Maine Central Institute and how basketball plays an important role at the school.

One mystical form of Islam known as Sufism has been practiced in the United States since the early 20th Century, and in Maine, there are people who practice Sufi meditation. Jessica Miller explores the experiences of Sufi followers and discusses how the practice works for individuals.

Kody Steffy documents the life of Bak Him, a Buddhist monk who lives at Wat Samaki Cambodian Buddhist Temple in Buxton, Maine.

Introduction to articles in this issue of Salt magazine on the topic of what it means to be a Mainer, and the displacement of Maine people.

In central Maine, there is a cluster of small communities that are home to many Swedish immigrants. Debbie Ziegler and others investigate how these communities continue to preserve the traditions of their forefathers.

Among bat populations, a disease known as White Nose Syndrome is killing them off, expect in the state of Maine. Joe Rosenberg explores how a fungus is causing bats to die, and why the bats in Maine seem to be immune to this disease.

At the Maine State Prison, the woodshop program allows prisoners to work and use their creativity. Jordan Fletcher highlights the work that the program does for prisoner behavior, and how it supports the prison financially.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to the topic of poverty, which is the focus of this issue of Salt Magazine.

As the Baby Boomer generation ages, the percent of Maine drivers who are senior citizens grows. Leslie Chang documents how elderly drivers attempt to work on driver safety, and speaks about alternatives to driving.

When it's time to sell the farm how do you find a buyer? When you are starting out in farming what are the obstacles that stand in your way? Maine Farm Link helps beginning farmers get started and find farms of their own, while also helping find buyers for farmers looking to sell. Farmlink connects seekers and sellers to keep working farms working.