SC prison's vertical farming program gets grant to help pay inmates • SC Daily Gazette

SC prison's vertical farming program gets grant to help pay inmates • SC Daily Gazette

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. (Provided/AmplifiedAg)COLUMBIA — Beginning next month, inmates at South Carolina’s women’s prison will be able to receive agricultural training and a stipend upon release with the help of a statewide grant program. The South Carolina philanthropy Power:Ed anno…