#Gardening

Rick Burnette

Oh, the Food You'll Grow! (with apologies to Dr. Seuss)

Cultivate Abundance has many local partners that join with us in food solidarity. Some were born and raised in Southwest Florida. But...

Rick Burnette

Connecting the Gardening Dots in Abaco

It was my first trip to the Bahamas, not all that far from my Florida home. Traveling with Mark Buhlig – Missouri pastor, church...

Rick Burnette

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...

Rick Burnette

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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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...

Rick Burnette

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...

Rick Burnette

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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