#74: Tackling Factory Farms in Prisons, With Calvin Neufeld & Dr. Amy Fitzgerald
Episode 74 of the Paw & Order podcast features an in-depth interview with Calvin Neufeld, the founder of Evolve Our Prison Farms, and Dr. Amy Fitzgerald, a criminologist, expert in using prison labour in animal agriculture, and an associate professor with the department of sociology, anthropology, and criminology at the university of Windsor. In the interview, Calvin and Dr. Amy discuss their work to put a stop to goat milk factory farm, which is planned to open at a federal prison in Kingston, Ontario.
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