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Containers of Nutrition and Hope
This isn’t new. We've done this before—during past immigration crackdowns and again during the COVID-19 lockdowns—whenever people were forced to stay inside.

Rick Burnette
Apr 282 min read
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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...

Rick Burnette
Apr 7, 20234 min read
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One Hundred Thousand Pounds!
This past July, Cultivate Abundance passed an important milestone. We recorded over 100,000 lbs. of nutritious food grown, collected, and...

Rick Burnette
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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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,...

Rick Burnette
Apr 12, 20224 min read
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Thank you!
Only a few months after celebrating Thanksgiving holiday we experience another dose of gratitude. At the beginning of each year, we tally...

Rick Burnette
Feb 17, 20222 min read
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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...

Rick Burnette
Jan 7, 20223 min read
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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...

Rick Burnette
Oct 7, 20212 min read
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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 –...

Rick Burnette
Jul 9, 20212 min read
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