Youth Are Flipping an Abandoned North Carolina Prison into a Sustainable Farm By transforming a decaying prison into a flourishing farm, these young men are avoiding the criminal justice system and creating a model to share.
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Civil Eats highlights one farm is working to address issues with the criminal justice system, unemployment, food access and health inequity. For further listening, check out episode 80 of
Meat and Three, which examines ways that farming can be a radical, healing act for incarcerated and formerly incarcerated people.
Youth Are Flipping an Abandoned North Carolina Prison into a Sustainable Farm