Sunflowers Play Role in State Prison System's Farming Business
By: SEARK Today, KARK 4 News Content Partner
Updated: July 10, 2012
Traveling along U.S. 65 near the Arkansas Department of Correction's (ADC) Cummins and Varner units you can't miss the sunflowers.
There are 150 acres of the big showy flowers which are planted and harvested by prisoners and used in a feed formula for the ADC's cattle raised at the Wrightsville Unit.
Farming is big business for the state's prisons where agricultural division employees and inmates grow a range of field crops and vegetables to help meet ADC needs, according to ADC communications administrator Shae Wilson.
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There are 150 acres of the big showy flowers which are planted and harvested by prisoners and used in a feed formula for the ADC's cattle raised at the Wrightsville Unit.
Farming is big business for the state's prisons where agricultural division employees and inmates grow a range of field crops and vegetables to help meet ADC needs, according to ADC communications administrator Shae Wilson.
Click here for the rest of the story.
