Over the last two months, students in the San Diego County Sheriff's Department reentry program have been using hydroponic gardens to create meals and learn vocational skills
The San Diego County Sheriff’s Department culinary and horticulture reentry services programs have been cooking up something new at a handful of their facilities in recent months: hydroponic gardens.
Two months ago, reentry officials introduced hydroponic gardens in the form of indoor “towers,” teaching inmates in a classroom environment how to grow vegetables and herbs from seedlings in a way conducive to the latest industry standards.The hydroponic gardens are a method of growing plants without soil and do not take up a lot of space, Ceballos said.
“Not only are we offering skills for our folks who are part of our vocational programs, but a part of this is also an individual healing journey,” Ceballos said. “People who are working through some very difficult challenges in life, we build programs and support systems around them that allow for spaces to talk about their feelings, their life experience and how that correlates to growing fruits and vegetables and herbs.
In other vocational courses administered by the reentry services program, success stories include students finding a job at a construction company or working as a school counselor, said sheriff’s department officials. The culinary program itself placed former-student Angela Carapia in a restaurant after she left Las Colinas, officials said.
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