
An organic farmer in Charleston, Maine, sets out to reform the prison food machine. Filmed over the course of two years, Seeds of Change chronicles the intersecting stories of lifelong farmer Mark McBrine and several incarcerated men as they grow their own food from a 5-acre prison garden unlike any other.
“Prisons function as out-of-sight food deserts, perpetuating patterns of poor health in communities that already experience profound inequities. The growing movement for food justice will not be complete until it reaches inside prisons and jails.” Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison | Impact Justice report
An organic farmer in Charleston, Maine, sets out to reform the prison food machine. Filmed over the course of two years, Seeds of Change chronicles the intersecting stories of lifelong farmer Mark McBrine and several incarcerated men as they grow their own food from a 5-acre prison garden unlike any other.
“Prisons function as out-of-sight food deserts, perpetuating patterns of poor health in communities that already experience profound inequities. The growing movement for food justice will not be complete until it reaches inside prisons and jails.” Eating Behind Bars: Ending the Hidden Punishment of Food in Prison | Impact Justice report