Camp Pugsley, the minimum security state prison camp near Kingsley, generated over 18,000 pounds of fresh fruits and vegetables for local food banks during the 2008 growing season on just 1.3 acres. The program cost the state next to nothing, according to prison officials and is looking to expand next year.
“You read through the newspaper and you see this family is homeless, this place is going out of business,” explained Eric Smith, administrative assistant to the warden. The gardening project at Pugsley was created to address these economic hard times, he said. More...
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