Sweet Feed: Incarceration, Illness, and the Healing Power of Horses

I had never met a horse before. Suddenly, I was caring for five of them.

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The view of the farm is so picturesque, with its rolling hills, its cream-white barns and the Shawangunk mountains in the background, it’s almost surreal. The beauty of the place is a secret that the other workers and I keep to…