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| Jail's organic garden cultivates change |
| By portlandtribune.com - Steve Law |
| Published: 06/20/2013 |
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OREGON - Caren Sargent plucks a carrot from the soil of a raised garden bed and chomps away. “This is the best inmate food I’ve ever had,” she says. Sargent is one of the lucky few inmates at Multnomah County’s Inverness Jail allowed to perform work duty at the jail’s new organic garden. The pilot project —12 raised beds planted just outside the jail walls near the lower parking lot — is one of many endeavors in Multnomah County’s Sustainable Jail Project, launched a couple years ago. With an average jail stay of just two weeks, most inmates won’t remain long enough at Inverness to see the plants grow from seed to food on the table. However, some 40 percent of them are subject to county supervision for probation, parole or other terms after their release. Jailers and staff from the county Office of Sustainability hope they are “planting a seed” among those who participate in the garden project. Read More. |
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