Photos: Employees give back at Cedar Rapids urban farm during United Way Day of Caring

Volunteers weeded, spread compost and planted at Matthew 25’s Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids on Thursday.

Nick Rohlman

May. 8, 2025 6:23 pm

Volunteers dig out weeds at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday, May 8, 2025. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Volunteer Jossie Sann (left) and Urban Farm Program Manager Anyssa Ball pull weeds at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Jossie Sann of Marion plants sunflowers at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Volunteers Jossie Sann (left) and Jake Conlon (right) fill a wheelbarrow at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

From left: Volunteers Ella Weber and Michelle Hein and Urban Farm Intern Samantha Reynolds spread compost at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring Iowa on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

From left: Volunteers Ella Weber, Michelle Hein, and Kirt Norris spread compost at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring Iowa on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Volunteer David Fitzgerald waters newly planted plants at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

Volunteer Ella Weber of Springville plants plants at the Cultivate Hope Urban Farm in northwest Cedar Rapids during the United Way of East Central Iowa’s Day of Caring on Thursday. Volunteers from BGHN Associates weeded, spread compost, and planted at the urban farm while volunteers from other employers worked at sites throughout the area. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette)

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