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| Vt. prison inmates process holiday potatoes |
| By wwcbsnews.com |
| Published: 11/20/2012 |
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WINDSOR, Vt. — A number of Vermont prison inmates are helping some of the state's needy families by processing thousands of pounds of potatoes destined to become part of Thanksgiving Day feasts. For the last couple weeks inmates at the Southeast State Correctional Facility in Windsor have been cleaning, sorting, weighing and bagging thousands of pounds of potatoes that will be distributed via food banks in time for Thanksgiving. "There are a lot of people who could use the extra food for the holidays," said Matthew Mabe, 30, of Saxtons River who is serving a 4-year minimum sentence for a repeat drunk driving conviction. Mabe runs a cleaner that helps brush the dirt off the potatoes before they are sorted, weighed and then bagged. The project was conceived by the Morrisville-based nonprofit Salvation Farms that is working to "manage Vermont's farm surplus," said Executive Director Theresa Snow, who was helping process the potatoes on Monday. Read More. |
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