NEWS · B2 Level - Part 5

Washington Inmates Grow Food for Local Food Banks

A state prison in Washington that is offering fruitful skills while inmates serve their time.

Level: B2 · 12 sentences

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1. A state prison in Washington that is offering fruitful skills while inmates serve their time.
2. These men are able to take courses in beekeeping, gardening, even chicken farming.
3. The greenhouse on the prison property started with $500 worth of seeds from a nonprofit
4. and the inmates grow all types of different produce,
5. squash, lemons, avocados,
6. and then the fruits and veggies, they are donated to a local food bank.
7. He donates it all out there and it's good to know that there's people out there,
8. especially like right now, you know, when...
9. all the fundings are cut and everything else, I see on the news every day for food banks.
10. And now when we get to donate 40 50,000 lbs of food...
11. it's great.
12. The initiative has been so successful that it has inspired eight other Washington correction facilities to start their own gardening programs.