ABOUT ME

Hi there, and welcome to this project! My name is Adele Wise. I completed this podcast series in the spring of 2021 as part of my senior project at College of the Atlantic in Bar Harbor, Maine. While at COA I was drawn to the complexities of food systems in terms of labor and the importance of supporting local communities with fresh food.

The two groups I spoke with for this project, members of the Wabanaki confederation and New Americans, reflect my interests from indigenous studies to immigration. These two topics reflect the diversity of my interests, as well as illuminates crucial actors within Maine's agricultural landscape.

In creating this project, I thought a lot about my privilege as a white person and my place in choosing to share stories that are not my own. My intent was to make this project as collaborative as possible, encouraging those whom I interviewed to share what they felt was most important in this subject, as well as asking them to review and critique my work throughout the process. These stories are not meant to represent an entire community or group of people, but rather an individual's personal experience with their culture and food.

I also want to take this space to thank everyone who helped with this project!

My wonderful interviewees: John Dennis, Dave Macek, Sikwani and Nathan Dana, Rhiannon Hampson, Catherine Padgett, Muhidin Libah, John Yanga, and Lado Ladoka. This wouldn't have been possible without you!

Maine Farmland Trust for sharing my podcast with their followers.

Sean and Jamie Oshima from The Oshima Brothers for their amazing music. Check out more from them here.

My advisors Kourtney Collum and Galen Koch for listening to countless drafts.

My family, and especially my mom Julie Criscitiello, for always having ideas and suggestions.

Thank you!