Entries from January 2009

January 9, 2009

Down on the farm – run by ex-druggies

Nestled in the valleys of south Wales lies Hope Acres, a farm producing food including potatoes, cabbages and tomatoes. Set in the sleepy village of Ammanford, it’s hard to imagine that all its 80 workers are recovering drug addicts and alcoholics.

Andrew Yates, 35, was a heroin and crack cocaine addict [...]