/tags/immokalee Immokalee en-US SAąúĽĘ´«Ä± Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:34:52 GMT /2025-08-28/immokalee-farmworker-collapses-under-floridas-punishing-sun-dies-a-week-later Marco Antonio Hernandez Guevara had just begun his first day on a job in Southwest Florida farm fields when he is believed to have succumbed to heat stroke. Thu, 28 Aug 2025 13:34:52 GMT /2025-08-28/immokalee-farmworker-collapses-under-floridas-punishing-sun-dies-a-week-later Eileen Kelley /florida-news/2024-05-15/mexican-citizens-were-traveling-to-work-at-a-farm-when-killed-in-a-dui-bus-crash The driver of a pickup truck that crashed into the farmworker bus faces eight counts of DUI-manslaughter. Wed, 15 May 2024 13:31:09 GMT /florida-news/2024-05-15/mexican-citizens-were-traveling-to-work-at-a-farm-when-killed-in-a-dui-bus-crash Associated Press /arts-culture/2023-08-15/immokalee-florida-art-installation Naples photographer Michelle Tricca is working to alter the perception of Immokalee, Florida with larger-than-life murals. “The Face of Immokalee” is an effort to honor, humanize and put a face to the people of the predominantly agricultural community. Tue, 15 Aug 2023 18:03:16 GMT /arts-culture/2023-08-15/immokalee-florida-art-installation Tara Calligan /arts-culture/2023-04-20/naples-photographers-portraits-show-the-face-of-immokalee-with-permanent-murals A new, larger-than-life public art exhibit "The Face of Immokalee" captures the true face of the community with black and white portraits of residents. Thu, 20 Apr 2023 11:00:00 GMT /arts-culture/2023-04-20/naples-photographers-portraits-show-the-face-of-immokalee-with-permanent-murals Tara Calligan /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-19/migrant-workers-among-those-experiencing-food-insecurity-after-hurricane-ian Light blue cans of black beans line Centro Juan Diego’s food pantry, where volunteers pack them away with bags of rice to hand out to the people lined up outside. The halls are lined with palettes of ready-to-eat meals and bottled water. Centro Juan Diego feeds clients year-round. But after Ian, she said, the need quadrupled. Wed, 19 Oct 2022 13:00:00 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-19/migrant-workers-among-those-experiencing-food-insecurity-after-hurricane-ian Melissa Feito /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-06/migrant-workers-are-likely-vital-to-floridas-rebuild-but-hurricane-ian-hit-them-too Latin American migrant workers help fill Florida's construction worker shortage. But many feel overlooked by hurricane relief — and demonized by Florida’s governor. Thu, 06 Oct 2022 17:07:49 GMT /hurricane-coverage/2022-10-06/migrant-workers-are-likely-vital-to-floridas-rebuild-but-hurricane-ian-hit-them-too Tim Padgett /podcast/detentionpod/2022-09-14/you-left-for-persecution-the-solution-is-not-to-put-you-in-jail The second episode of Detention By Design follows the revealing story of Abel Jean-Simon Zephyr, a Haitian who arrived in Miami by boat in 1973. He asked for political asylum, but authorities - caught flat-footed - paid the sheriff's office at remote Immokalee, Florida, to hold him and others at its tiny jail. It marked the miserable, and at times tragic, beginning of the modern immigration detention system. Wed, 14 Sep 2022 11:01:00 GMT /podcast/detentionpod/2022-09-14/you-left-for-persecution-the-solution-is-not-to-put-you-in-jail /news/2022-08-05/healthcare-outreach-in-immokalee-continues-beyond-covid-19 Health workers are continuing to provide life-saving COVID-19 information and other health resources throughout the community of Immokalee. Fri, 05 Aug 2022 14:00:00 GMT /news/2022-08-05/healthcare-outreach-in-immokalee-continues-beyond-covid-19 Tara Calligan /news/2022-04-04/farmworkers-marched-through-palm-beach-urging-wendys-chairman-to-end-modern-day-slavery-on-farms Artists, faith communities and farmworkers with the Coalition of Immokalee Workers marched in Palm Beach to urge Nelson Peltz, board chairman of Wendy's, to join the Fair Food Program. Peltz owns the hedge fund Trian Partners and has a home in the Town of Palm Beach. His hedge fund is the company’s largest shareholder. Mon, 04 Apr 2022 21:19:00 GMT /news/2022-04-04/farmworkers-marched-through-palm-beach-urging-wendys-chairman-to-end-modern-day-slavery-on-farms Wilkine Brutus /local-news/2021-03-09/a-community-garden-in-immokalee-offers-culinary-links-to-home There is a community garden tucked behind the Mission Peniel food distribution and outreach center in Immokalee. It’s called “Cultivating Abundance” and features produce not normally found in stores, but which is prolific in the native countries of many of the town’s inhabitants. Tue, 09 Mar 2021 11:42:54 GMT /local-news/2021-03-09/a-community-garden-in-immokalee-offers-culinary-links-to-home Julie Glenn