Teaching Inmates to Grow Food and Plants – Jail Industries Plant Sale
John from www.growingyourgreens.com takes a field trip to the Local Jail to attend their plant sale. On this visit you will learn about how inmates grow nursery plants and an edible garden that provides fresh vegetables for the jail. In addition, you will learn about some uncommon edible plants, and see how they construct their worm bins, hoop houses and a unique vertical growing tube.
Video Rating: 5 / 5
whats that you wearing around your neck?
They need this in all jail/prisons
I was there for the april plant sale, once the sale was over we got to have a BBQ, it was nice we had tritip and burgers. In adition to that, if you are in the ROP program you get 2 days off your sentance for each month you are in the program, and you get 20 cents an hour! my paycheck was about 8$ every other week.
For the plant sale in april, we made the jail a little over 13,000$. I was impressed when mr. stern showd us the numbers. I was released a day before the sale in May
hahha i just got out of ncdf. Mr. stern is a very intimidating man haahah
Awsome show John, I took alot of notes.. God bless!
Why are people judgmental? As far as the comment about how much it cost to run the jail system in CA I suggest people to learn the truth. Most jails are privately own.Inmates are LEGAL SLAVES and everyone including the system is okay with this. If people were able to punish others by their crime “eye for an eye” then we would really not need such a Hypocritical system. Thanks John this episode shows how people who make mistakes can turn their life around and learn a REAL life skills.
@nerdmom920 The problem with that is maybe they shouldn’t be in jail to begin with. There are too many reasons to end up there for stupid stuff. True farming does make you a better person. I am all for people being correctly rehabbed so they dont reoffend. I am just am going along the lines of, hey we can get the prisoners to do this stuff for free when we have to pay the farmer. Like all those people in jail that make license plates for like 3 cents a hour. Normal people need jobs pay them.
@TRDGNews You gotta be kidding me! Gardening changes your whole outlook on life. It puts you into a completely different cycle than the modern world. Definitely much better than the usual prison culture. I bet the folks that come out of that program have a lower recidivism rate which is better for the community at large. You can’t so seeds with a closed fist!
Not only is this very therapeutic for the inmates but they are probably eating way better than the rest of us and maintaining greater health.
@divaskid I know I live in CA, maybe if they stop putting people in jail for stupid things like a crack rock and put those people in rehab, counseling, and drug testing there would be less people in there. I think its like 25% of the people are in jail for drug related offenses. I’m not saying let the dealers go but let the people that have the issue go. Im sure rehab is a cheaper than having them in there for years. Plus stop putting people away for life for stupid crap like stealing a cookie
i know not right now but can you grow some tomatoes
@Praxxus55712 It’s really a freshman course before their graduate work: digging a hole to other side of the prison fence with a sturdy shiv.
Interesting.
Inmate planting guide:
Step one, dig hole for seed with a sturdy shiv.
Just kidding. I think it’s a good idea to put the inmate to work doing something constructive.
@TRDGNews It costs a lot of money to run a jail. A lot of Tax Payer money to be pricise, about $47,000 per inmate each year in CA. I highly doubt they’re making enough to house each inmate their keeping.
yes lets have free labor for farming thus putting normal farms out of business thus the jail system will enslave more people. Yeah for profits!!! Dont buy stuff from them, it just helps keep more people in jail since the government cant make its payments on time.
In 05 at Stuttgart Town-Hall Jeremy Rifkin (Washington DC) explained not to cmpoare unemployment rate between Europe and USA due to high prisoner rate in the states. Make use of prison labor is known since centuries and had been used excessively by dictatorial governments. There is no relation between criminal justice and Joe Arpaio’s chain gangs or other form of excuses for correction and rehabilitation.
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great video, the first plant you showed was a salvia plant. It cracked me up that the inmates put that past the warden, it’s a strong hallucinogen when smoked….lol
@IllumTheMessage Of course a warden would say that the inmates love growing their own food in the philippines…
Another fine video, thanks!!!
YES YES GREAT IDEA ,LETS TURN OUR NEGATIVES INTO POSTIVE THINGS. MAYBE EVEN RECYCLING OLD HOUSES AND BLDGS.
Some of the inmates may already be growing experts.
Hey John, my sister-in-law is a Warden at a jail in the Philippines. They grow their own food on the roof because they don’t get enough funding to feed everyone. I thought it was a great way for them to learn skills and get exercise. The inmates love it.
Brilliant video. And a wonderful channel too : I’m so glad I found it and subscribed.
the best part was watching all the old ladies pretend they didn’t want to be on camera.
Hey John,
I really value your opinion and have been wondering what is the best way to store fruits and vegetable’s after purchasing from store or farmers market. would be really helpful for things like kale lettuce celery carrots and so on. When I grow things I only usually harvest right before i need it, my yard is not big enough to grow everything I need and can not grow everything all year.
Can see your getting excited about spring time in your area.
Enjoy
David