To: Permaculture ibiblio <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: [permaculture] Prison Gardens
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:46:20 -0400
At a time when prison gardens are more necessary than ever, Canada plans
to close its four world famous prison gardens.
Exactly the WRONG choice!
<http://kjpermaculture.blogspot.com/2009/08/exactly-wrong-choice.html>
Prisons everywhere, especially the US, should be adopting farm and
garden training programs for all inmates. They have a long track record
of low recidivism rates and prisoners become better people through
interaction with plants and soil.
*Canada Set to Close Important Asset: its Prison Farms*