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Vigils for ethical prison farms to be held outside Collins Bay Institution

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 Jeannie Prinsen 0 Comments animal justice, baby formula, Calvin Neufeld, China, Chinese factory, Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), COVID-19, dairy goats, Evolve Our Prison Farms, food security, goat dairy farm, goat milk farm, Kingston, plant-based farming, prison farms, prisoner labour, prisoners, rehabilitation, Save Our Prison Farms, social justice, sustainable farming

Ten years ago Neufeld was a neighbour of Collins Bay Institution and watched sympathetically as Save Our Prison Farms protested the Conservative government’s shuttering of the prison farm program. At that time the dairy-based program provided cows’ milk for the prison population and farm labour for the inmates who participated.

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June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Michelle Allan 2 Comments Calvin Neufeld, climate emergency, Collins Bay Institution, Correctional Service Canada (CSC), cows, dairy cattle, Evolve Our Prison Farms, Feihe, goat milk, goats, Joyceville Institution, Kingston, MP Mark Gerretsen, penal agriculture, penitentiary, plant-based farming, prison farms, Save Our Prison Farms

The introduction of beef and dairy cows at the new Joyceville and Collins Bay prison farms has drawn the concern of Evolve Our Prison Farms, a campaign for “plant-based prison farms in Canada enhanced by farmed animal sanctuary.” The group will begin holding weekly vigils in front of Collins