Campaign to Save Canada's Prison Farms Goes National

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MEDIA ADVISORY -- MONDAY, JUNE 1, 2009

Campaign to Save Canada's Prison Farms Goes National

A coalition of organizations will hold a media conference, outside the

fence at the Frontenac Institution, Kingston, Ontario, at noon on Wednesday,

June 3. You are invited to attend to hear our position and to ask

questions. We will gather at the side of Bath Road, near the " Paying Our Way

through Agriculture " sign, about a half kilometre west of the entrance to

Collins Bay Penitentiary.

Please see the media release below for details of the campaign.

Contact Dianne Dowling, 613-546-0869 cellphone (613) 876-1878

_dowling_ (dowling) (National Farmers Union)

Jeff Peters, 613-353-2403 (Frontenac Cattlemen's Association)

Andrew McCann, 613-767-4127 _mccann17_

(mccann17) (Urban Agriculture Kingston)

Bridget Doherty, (613) 544-4525 ext. 145 _bridget.doherty_

(bridget.doherty) (Sisters of Providence Justice and

Peace)