On the mud flats of the Kennebunk River lies a building that has come to represent the tides and fortunes of Salt. Pamela Wood documents the active learning that Salt students do and the energy of the craftsmen who train the students.

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.

New feature with news on the Salt alumni.

Sociologist Peter Rose argues that ethnic groups in Maine are not part of a homogeneous melting pot, but rather distinct contributors to an identifiable American stew.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Column by Thomas Bradbury with a tribute to Sterling "Tad" Dow, who served on Salt's Board of Trustees and the Kennebunkport Conservation Trust.

Readers write in response to the work Salt has done on Paul Bunyan and rural poverty.

Salt offers their respect to individuals who were close to them who have passed away.

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.

Short entries with Salt updates.

Introduction to readers for Eastport For Pride, a Salt double issue publication, on the topic of the village of Eastport, .

Listing of Salt production staff, contributors, and faculty.