Rick Burnette
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
Aug 24, 20222 min read
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...
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Rick Burnette
Apr 12, 20224 min read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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 read
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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