A group of veterans who are incarcerated at the Idaho State Correctional Institution is providing fresh vegetables to local families from a new garden the inmates started this year.
The Idaho State Correctional Institution Veterans Group partnered with the Kuna Food Bank to distribute the food to families in the community, officials with the Idaho Department of Correction announced Thursday.
Members of the veterans group spent the year learning about crops, planting vegetables and caring for the garden, Case Manager Steve Mitchley said.
In the first year of the garden’s existence, the veterans group harvested potatoes, onions, bell peppers, squash and beets…