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Over the first half of 2024 we have been fortunate to have 168 volunteers who assisted with Cultivate Abundance efforts to grow, collect,...
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Rick Burnette
Feb 276 min
A Holy Collard Patch
“They don’t like touching each other.” Mr. Jay was responding to my question as to why he grew his collards in a large array of...
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Rev. Rachel Gunter Shapard
Feb 222 min
Celebrating a Beautiful Life: Words of Remembrance for Rev. Dr. Jeff DeYoe
It is with deep grief and great appreciation that the staff and board of Cultivate Abundance remember and celebrate the life of founding...
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Rick Burnette
Aug 22, 20234 min
Like a River
“But let justice roll on like a river, righteousness like a never-failing stream!” (Amos 5:24). In the Misión Peniel kitchen at 3:00 p.m....
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Rick Burnette
Apr 7, 20234 min
Sowing and Reaping Generously in a Seed Sharing Community
Remember this: Whoever sows sparingly will also reap sparingly, and whoever sows generously will also reap generously. Each of you should...
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Rick Burnette
Jan 2, 20233 min
2022 – Challenges Aplenty, Blessings Abundant
In food insecure communities every year is a challenge. Long-term barriers to adequate food access don't happen by accident. This is...
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Rick Burnette
Apr 12, 20224 min
Good Trouble Gardening
"Do not get lost in a sea of despair. Be hopeful, be optimistic. Our struggle is not the struggle of a day, a week, a month, or a year,...
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Rick Burnette
Feb 17, 20222 min
Thank you!
Only a few months after celebrating Thanksgiving holiday we experience another dose of gratitude. At the beginning of each year, we tally...
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Rick Burnette
Jan 7, 20223 min
Cultivating Food Solidarity Through Participatory Learning and Action
On a recent Saturday morning, over 30 Immokalee neighbors gathered in the Misión Peniel garden for a brief time of exchange and...
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Rick Burnette
Oct 7, 20212 min
Two Churches Reconnect to Cultivate Food and Beloved Community
In April, Rick Shaw, pastor of South Venice (Florida) Baptist, reached out to inquire about church members visiting Cultivate Abundance...
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Rick Burnette
Jul 9, 20212 min
Can Doughnuts and Coffee Help Make a Difference in Immokalee?
From January through June 2021, Cultivate Abundance grew and collected 22,482 lbs. of local produce – amounting to 72,780 food servings –...
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Rick Burnette
Jul 1, 20213 min
Tortillas for the Glory of God
So whether you eat or drink or whatever you do, do it all for the glory of God (1 Corinthians 10:31) When poverty, unrest, climate change...
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Rick Burnette
Apr 6, 20213 min
A Year of COVID-19 Response in Immokalee: What Have We Learned?
Recently, I shared about insights gained from a year of Cultivate Abundance’s response to farmworker food insecurity during the COVID-19...
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Rick Burnette
Feb 15, 20214 min
Gardening Lessons and So Much More Learned in 2020
The beginning of the year is probably the busiest time for nonprofits as we crunch numbers from the previous year, analyze the data and...
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Rick Burnette
Nov 5, 20204 min
Everyone Gets a Fish
My Facebook friend, Greg, recently reflected on the old phrase, “Give a man a fish, he’ll eat for day. Teach a man to fish, and you’ll...
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Rick Burnette
Aug 20, 20203 min
Gardening Without a Garden
Cultivate Abundance aims to saturate the farmworker town of Immokalee, and eventually other food desert communities, with locally-grown,...
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Rick Burnette
Jul 8, 20207 min
Food Dumping in a Food Desert: Irony in Florida’s Tomato Capitol
Friday, June 12 Friday afternoon, June 12, was scorching hot in Immokalee, Florida. Practicing social distancing, we were sharing food...
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Rick Burnette
Apr 25, 20202 min
Man Cannot Live by Tomatoes Alone
The current COVID-19 pandemic has exposed weaknesses in the US food system, with the farm town of Immokalee right in the middle of the...
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Rick Burnette
Apr 9, 20205 min
What One Year of Home Gardening Can Produce
In terms of food production, I’m not quite sure what to call myself. I suppose I’m a home gardener. My residential plot is approximately...
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Rick Burnette
Mar 13, 20203 min
White Vans and Community Gardens
Thursday is harvest day in the garden behind the food pantry in Immokalee. During this cool season time of year we gather lettuce,...
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