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Radio
Title
Can't Put A Price On That
Year
2005
In 1986, John Tulloss bought 137 acres of land to start building his dream of having a farm that his family would always have. Lara Ratzlaff highlights the work that Tulloss put into the land, how he was forced to sell his farm, and moving on to a new way of life.
Type
Radio
Title
The Garden Ladies of Elwell Farms
Year
2009
At the Elwell Farms retirement home, residents cultivate different kinds of flowers and plants in their gardens. Caty Enders speaks to the women about gardening and how it allows them to be a close community.
Type
Radio
Title
Mingling Pen and Plow
Year
2005
Sarah Miller discusses the history and story of Chimney Farm with Gary Lawless, the caretaker of the land. Lawless speaks about how Henry Beston used to live on the property and the importance of maintaining the land and farm.
Type
Radio
Title
A Reason for the Purpose
Year
2010
Working on a farm since a young age, Colby Perron highlights how farmers are smarter than most people realize. Perron speaks about working with cattle, his desire to go to college for agriculture, and food production.
Type
Radio
Title
Still Rooted In Potatoes
Year
2013
The population in Aroostook County has declined within recent years, which has caused family potato farms to go away. Julie Rawe documents how potato farming is still important in Aroostook County, and speaks to Gaylen Flewelling about keeping the harvest tradition alive.
Type
Radio
Title
Security in a New Homeland: Yanga Family Farm
Year
2009
A refugee from Sudan, John Yanga is attempting to start his own family farm to grow traditional crops from Sudan. Meaghan LaSala speaks to Yanga about raising his family, farming, and trying to build a family legacy in the farming profession.
Type
Radio
Title
It's in the Little Packet
Year
2007
Jennifer Ball focuses on the work of Diana George-Chapin, a gardener who grows heirloom plants and vegetables. George-Chapin speaks about growing with heirloom seeds, growing the seeds for her customers, and saving the genetic information from seeds.
Type
Radio
Title
Why Protect a Pest
Year
2015
In the state of Maine, hunters are allowed to kill coyotes for any reason, but one farming family is fighting to protect the coyotes on their farm. Emma Nobel investigates how the coyote population impacts the hunting economy, and why the Grady family is choosing to keep the coyotes alive.
Type
Radio
Title
Back to Pineland
Year
2020
Drive about 20 miles north of Portland, Maine and you’ll arrive at Pineland. It looks like a college campus: brick buildings with stately pillars, it’s surrounded by rolling hills. But Pineland’s exterior doesn’t tell you about its history. It opened as an institution for people with disabilities in 1908. Alexa Burke spoke with people who lived and worked at Pineland to learn about the history of institutionalization and the legacies that remain today.
Type
Radio
Title
Recipe for radical rest (serves 3)
Year
2021
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.
Type
Writing
Title
A La Guerra!
Year
2000
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.
Type
Writing
Title
Public Displays of Eccentricity
Year
2000
Jaimson York discusses the lives of several collectors, who collect different kinds of objects, but are united in their connection to place since they all live in Maine. York uncovers the differences among collectors and how they view their collections.
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