Prison Farm (R)evolution: A Conversation Between Prison Farm Activists

Calvin Neufeld is Canada’s only full-time prison farm activist. A passionate defender of human rights, animal rights, and environmental justice, Calvin founded Evolve Our Prison Farms in 2016 to ensure that the restorationof Canada’s prison farms will result in an ethical and healing model. The campaign investigates, exposes and resists any form of exploitation, harm or profiteering, while advocating evidence-based, restorative and therapeutic alternatives.

Shaun Shannon was incarcerated for 23 years, including five years workingon the prison farms in the 1990s. He credits the prison farm program with saving his life and keeping him out of prison after his release. As a spokesperson for the former Save Our Prison Farms campaign and an active member of Evolve Our Prison Farms, Shaun has been fighting passionately for the past decade to see the restoration of an effective prison farm program.