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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
Photography
Title
Cluny Collects 'Heritage' in Potato Land Photographs
Year
1975
In Presque Isle, Cluny McPherson collects the heritage of potato growing people. Tanya Solomon and Parise White capture images of McPherson about his collection of old farm tools.
Type
Photography
Title
I'd Like to See the Pounds of Butter I've Made With That Churnin': Mary T's Farm Photographs
Year
1977
Living out in West Peru, Mary Turner always has stories to share. Kelly Emery visits Turner and learns how to make butter on a churn.
Type
Photography
Title
Maine Barns Photographs
Year
1973
In the Kennebunkport area, barns cover large parts of the landscape. Carl Young, Jr. meets with Lester Wildes and other barn owners.
Type
Photography
Title
Setting on His Independence Photographs
Year
1974
Following a tradition of farm work before mechanized farming, Clifford and Belle Jackson continue to farm the old way. Mark Emerson documents the activities that the Jackson's perform on their farm to retain old farming habits.
Type
Photography
Title
Squeezin' Season Photographs
Year
1974
Heading to Giles Family Farm in Alfred, Mark Ruest and others go to learn about cider production. Ruest and other Salt students speak to Bruce Giles about the squeezing process and the work that goes into the production.
Type
Photography
Title
Mary T's Farm Photographs
Year
1975
A longtime friend of Monty Washburn, Mary Turner works and lives on a farm in West Peru. James Jannetti speaks to Turner about her life experiences.
Type
Photography
Title
Lambing Photographs
Year
1975
In 1962, Almon Williams began raising sheep. Mark Emerson and Elizabeth Tanner speak to Williams about raising sheep and taking care of them.
Type
Photography
Title
Shearing Photographs
Year
1975
In 1962, Almon Williams began raising sheep. Williams walks Salt students through the sheep shearing process.
Type
Photography
Title
The Scatterseed Project
Year
2009
Attempting to save heirloom seeds to prevent further loss of food crop diversity, Will Bonsall started a project to collect, preserve, and distribute rare seed varieties. Graham Letorney captures the work done by Bonsall.
Type
Photography
Title
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. Spencer Worthley captures the work Yanga does raising his family, farming, and trying to build a family legacy in the farming profession.
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