http://www.saveourfarms.ca http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Jitbit RSS Feed Creator Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:52:22 -0400 Groups and individuals across Canada are calling for invigorating Canada's prison farm program, rather than the federal government's plan to shut it down.http://www.straightgoods.ca/2009/ViewFeature.cfm?Ref=338Wed, 10 Jun 2009 06:52:22 -0400 Farmers are some of the most versatile people around. Besides being good at growing food, they're mechanics, welders, carpenters and financial managers, among other things. And if they raise livestock, they're adept at certain animal-health procedures, too.http://news.guelphmercury.com/Opinions/article/492302Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:39:48 -0400 John Edmunds is president of the union that represents federal non-guard prison workers but he grew up on a farm near Odessa.http://www.thewhig.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=1595421Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:57:25 -0400 Plans to shut half a dozen prison farms across Canada, including one in Manitoba, are raising the ire of the union representing corrections staff.http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/union-fighting-governments-plan-to-close-prison-farm-46802767.htmlThu, 04 Jun 2009 09:55:29 -0400 A last-ditch, grassroots, and 'viral' campaign is being launched today to save the prison farm at the minimum security Westmorland Institution in Dorchester.http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/687609Thu, 04 Jun 2009 09:51:04 -0400