Within the blueberry barrens, many different types of individuals help to complete the blueberry harvest. Pamela Wood speaks to these individuals to see what the harvest means to them and what they see for the future.

Within the blueberry barrens, many different types of individuals help to complete the blueberry harvest. Lynn Kippax Jr. captures images of these individuals to see what the harvest means to them and what they see for the future.

Pamela Wood introduces readers to stories in this issue of Salt magazine related to the wild blueberry barrens of Maine.

Working the blueberry fields by hand, Lynn Kippax Jr. captures Charlie Torrey while at work.

Along the beach, Arden Davis collects Irish sea moss, something he claims most people do not know about. Kim Lovejoy and Mary White speak to Davis about the process of sea moss harvesting.

Lynn Kippax Jr. captures the work that hand rakers perform in the blueberry barrens.

Erin Birney documents the lives of Hispanic workers who stay in Washington County following the blueberry harvest.

Kristin Atwell documents the lives of migrant workers from Mexico to the Philippines who come to Maine to harvest acres of broccoli. She explores how these newcomers to the Aroostook community brought forth interest, as well as some difficulties.

Taking a break from work, Lynn Kippax Jr. takes a photograph of Charlie Torrey, a blueberry raker.

Kristin Atwell documents the lives of migrant workers from Mexico to the Philippines who come to Maine to harvest acres of broccoli. She explores how these newcomers to the Aroostook community brought forth interest, as well as some difficulties.

Michelle Lambert captures Eric Brandt-Meyer harvesting larkspur at Good Earth Farm.

Staying at her grandfather's camp on the Blueberry Barrens, Dianne McLaughlin and her friends experience what work is like picking blueberries on a hot day.