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Working against addiction

On American farms, addicts are to learn to live without drugs. The US Secretary of Health plans to fund hundreds of these projects. A visit to the model farm in Texas.

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Central Texas farm gives second chance to men in recovery

Simple Promise Farms offers those who live with addiction a second chance by providing a program that lasts longer than 30 days. Farm staff members harvesting radish.

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Kennedy’s Plan for the Drug Crisis: A Network of ‘Healing Farms’

The positions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on vaccines and drug companies are well known. His approach to addiction has been far less scrutinized.  

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How a son’s journey with addiction inspired a Texas farm’s recovery program

The middle-aged man kneels before a row of crops, his body leaning into a bed of weeds. AUSTIN (KXAN) — His hands are calloused and covered in a thin layer of dirt and soil, and the thick fabric of worn…

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Produce isn’t the only thing that grows at this Texas farm

ELGIN, Texas — On a Sunday morning, a farmers market can connect you with the people who grow your food. "We have shallots, they're spring onion-style shallots," said Kevin Sease. Simple things like shallots become a connection to people who…

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Texas father, son build farm-model drug treatment center in effort to help with long-term sobriety

Four years ago Brandon Guinn and his son Dylon had the idea for a different kind of drug treatment center. Brandon told WFAA that people needed to rethink the drug treatment models that were too costly and not effective. What…

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How a Texas farm is helping people recover from addiction: ‘We don’t recover alone’

Last summer, Pablo Quintero hit rock bottom. The 29-year-old Puerto Rico native was living in California and trying to hold down a job in the hospitality industry. “I lived in Austin for eight years and was having a hard time…

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