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...
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Rick Burnette
Jul 25, 20186 min read
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, 20183 min read
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, 20183 min read
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
Nov 22, 20172 min read
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, 20173 min read
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, 20172 min read
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, 20172 min read
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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