Rick Burnette
Wanted: Positive Deviants (Part 3) – Maria
My friend, Brad, is almost as nosy as I am as we’re both always on the prowl for interesting gardens. And though we wholeheartedly...
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Rick Burnette
- Dec 3, 2018
- 4 min
21 Immokalee Gardens
It’s a hot October morning in Immokalee and dozens of volunteers are gathered on a concrete slab behind the Misión Peniel building. ...
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Rick Burnette
- Oct 29, 2018
- 3 min
Everything is Connected
Recently, a former colleague of mine in Thailand wrote about a workshop that he would be attending. Preparing to share on why...
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Rick Burnette
- Sep 27, 2018
- 5 min
Learning Together Part II: Listening to the Evaluators
Earlier in the year we took part in discussions with representatives of Immokalee farmworker households about the challenge of accessing...
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Rick Burnette
- Aug 6, 2018
- 2 min
Dios es Fiel
Gardening, although hard work, is generally satisfying with benefits not limited to exercise, aesthetics and food. Tending a garden...
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Rick Burnette
- Jul 25, 2018
- 6 min
Gardens That Result in Food… And Community
Awareness of community gardening in North America has exploded over the past two decades. Often associated with urban gardening in the...
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Rick Burnette
- May 31, 2018
- 3 min
Testing the Container Garden Concept
Bernabela, Amalia and several other Immokalee women made it very clear that local farmworker families often struggle to put nutritious...
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Rick Burnette
- May 18, 2018
- 3 min
Learning Together: First steps to achieving community-sourced nutrition in Immokalee
During Holy Week, Miguel Estrada and Ruth DeYoe of Misión Peniel arranged for Ellen and I to meet with 13 Immokalee women. From...
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Rick Burnette
- Apr 20, 2018
- 4 min
Join the Food Solidarity Movement!
A pound of premium vine-ripened tomatoes, about two of the larger ones in the produce department, are on sale for $1.29 per pound. Four...
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Rick Burnette
- Mar 29, 2018
- 6 min
Lessons Learned in Thailand about working with organizations and farmer/gardener communities
I recently had the privilege of visiting Thailand and spent several days with Upland Holistic Development Project, the project that Ellen...
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Rick Burnette
- Feb 28, 2018
- 3 min
Wanted: Positive Deviants (Part 2)
Having recently visited the hills of northern Thailand to be with old friends at the Upland Holistic Development Project (UHDP), I have...
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Rick Burnette
- Feb 27, 2018
- 5 min
Robio
The Haitian hamlet of Robio isn’t easy to reach or leave. This farming community is perched atop a high, piney ridge not far from the...
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Rick Burnette
- Jan 27, 2018
- 2 min
Propagating Abundance
Even though our full-time efforts with Cultivate Abundance only recently began (January 2018), for the past few months we’ve been...
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Rick Burnette
- Nov 22, 2017
- 2 min
Wanted: Positive Deviants (Part 1)
Everywhere that I’ve engaged in agricultural development work, I’ve benefited from at least one farmer or gardener who served as a model...
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Rick Burnette
- Nov 1, 2017
- 3 min
A Harvest of Hope
Since we moved onto our property over four years ago, we have planted at least 30 types of tropical fruit-producing plants. Many, such...
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Rick Burnette
- Oct 23, 2017
- 2 min
The Risky Business of Gardening
While running an errand in south Fort Myers I noticed a garden patch. Squeezed between a canal and an apartment building, this plot...
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Rick Burnette
- Oct 2, 2017
- 2 min
The Immokalee Way
The Thai-Myanmar border and Immokalee, Florida are half a world away from each other, but both locations have a strong pull. In 1994,...
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Rick Burnette
- Oct 2, 2017
- 3 min
Responding to Food Insecurity in Immokalee
Despite Florida supplying 2/3rds of America’s wintertime tomatoes, Immokalee’s farmworkers – the vast majority being migrants – struggle...
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