Lettuce Grow
@LettuceGrow
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Lettuce Grow teaches inmates horticulture and sustainability practices inside Oregon prisons. We grow food for prison kitchens and donate to local food banks.
Portland, OR
Joined February 2013
Beautiful time lapse of cactus flower opening! http://t.co/27x2gVLoaw
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Check it out! I donated to arson-destroyed Mike Brown Church "The Flood" http://t.co/tIfNZyZlmg via @gofundme
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Washington prison uses worms to cut food waste costs, help with prison food gardens http://t.co/syUdipuw5i
csmonitor.com
The image of millions of wriggling worms might make some squeamish, but Washington state's department of corrections says using the critters has helped cut costs of food waste disposal in prisons.
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Love this alignment with our ideas! Lettuce Plant Progress! http://t.co/kdG2O2c8h1
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Many thanks to the Siletz Tribe Charitable Contribution Fund for a grant for seed pads for the new greenhouse at CRCI!
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News on Viral Cause of Bee Colony Collapse http://t.co/95vSb85APr
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What Food Production Looks like in Correctional Facilties http://t.co/PuRrSXcDQs
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Texas Judge: “Matthew 25 says you’re supposed to feed the hungry. We took him serious about it.” http://t.co/yg7RLwZekd
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Orange is the New Green - love it! Rikers Island prison in NY, perhaps the epicenter of prison gardens. http://t.co/eHIknYdxFK
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Want reverse recidivism rates? 1.BUILD VEGETABLE GARDENS IN PRISONS 2.HIRE FORMER INMATES TO BUILD COMMUNITY GARDENS! http://t.co/w18hlei1o4
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NPR Chats About Prison Gardens Around the US http://t.co/pSJ3IGZn2d
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Metro Garden Club Gives Scholarship to Our Grad http://t.co/i4JTKngycc
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Thanks again to @portlandnursery and @TerritorialSeed and @growinggardens for their generous seed donations.
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We've created an inmate job position! Someone sorts the thousands of seeds donated to us to match each prison's needs.
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Gearing up to start our 2014 sustainable gardening classes in 14 Oregon prisons!
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