An innovative horticulture program at Grafton Correctional Centre has yielded more than eight tonnes of cherry tomatoes since it was established six months ago.
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With Corrective Services NSW’s 13,200 inmates going through around 500kg of cherry tomatoes a day, Corrective Services Industries overseers Vic Fischer and Ben Preston planted over 7,000 cherry tomato plants at the centre.
The tomatoes are tended, picked, cleaned, graded and packed by around 100 inmates, and stored in a newly-established cool room before being shipped out.
Already, three other correctional centres are being supplied with inmate-grown tomatoes, with plans to supply over 140 tonnes a year to even more centres.