Support the Vision!

Seed the Vision: Stop Recidivism is a community-supported mentorship and gardening project that began in March 2026 at Lansing Correctional Facility in Lansing, Kansas. Through this project, we work alongside residents in the Freedom Garden — a large garden space where food is grown not only to nourish the body, but also to nourish the mind and spirit.

Recidivism is when formerly incarcerated individuals return to prison after being released. One of the goals of this project is to help reduce recidivism by creating healthy outlets, meaningful mentorship, genuine community connections, and opportunities for personal growth and healing. We believe that when people feel supported, connected, seen, and empowered with positive resources and relationships, they are more likely to successfully reintegrate into society.

Our goal is to help create a healthy and positive outlet through growing food, hands-on learning, mentorship, and genuine human connection. There are life lessons, forms of wisdom, and healing that can only be learned through working directly with the earth and plants — lessons that cannot fully be taught through books alone. Nature has a way of teaching presence, awareness, connection, and care in ways that are deeply transformative.

There is healing medicine in nature itself. Working with the earth, moving the body, being in the sunlight, caring for living things, and witnessing growth can be deeply therapeutic for the mind, body, and soul. Through this work, we hope to inspire residents to reconnect with themselves, discover purpose, and build meaningful relationships beyond prison walls.

Another important part of this project is helping residents who are preparing to reintegrate into society connect with supportive people, organizations, and resources near them so they have a village to lean on during their transition home.

You can follow our journey at the Freedom Garden through our social media pages, where we will be sharing updates, photos, and moments from this work. We will also be sharing updates and stories on our website blog as this project continues to grow.

This project is supported by the community, and donations help us continue this work by providing gardening supplies, tools, seeds, educational resources, and other necessities for the Freedom Garden.

We are also open to bringing on additional land stewards and mentors. If you have experience growing food and feel called to support this project at Lansing Correctional Facility, we would love to connect with you.

For mentorship inquiries, please email: kcurbanfarmcoop@gmail.com