Vertical lettuce farm launches at SC prison, a first in the country

Seven shipping containers sit outside a South Carolina women’s prison. Inside four, amid the lights and fans, grow stacked ...

SC to launch nation’s first vertical farm inside a prison

The SCDC is set to launch the first vertical farm inside a U.S. prison at the Camille Graham women’s facility in Columbia.
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First significant vertical farm in US prison launches at South Carolina facility, officials say

The four-container farm operation will produce approximately 48,000 pounds of fresh leafy greens annually to service the ...

South Carolina prison becomes first in U.S. to grow food with vertical farm

A South Carolina women’s prison has become the first correctional facility in the country to grow its own food using a vertical farm.

Turning over a new leaf: S.C. launches first vertical farm in U.S. prison

Inside Camille Graham Correctional in Columbia, women are learning to farm in a high-tech, indoor setting — a program leaders say is producing tens of thousands ...
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SC prison’s vertical farming program gets grant to help pay inmates

AmplifiedAg's vertical farms, grown in recycled shipping containers, grow lettuce in water instead of soil. Similar modules will be placed at Camille Graham women's prison later this year.
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South Carolina inmates learn STEM skills through vertical farming program

COLUMBIA, S.C. — The South Carolina Department of Corrections, joined by the South Carolina Department of Agriculture and South Carolina-based AmplifiedAg, Inc., has received legislative approval to ...