Woody Tasch, Founder and Chairman of Slow Money, pioneered the integration of asset management and philanthropic purpose in the 1990s as treasurer of the Jessie Smith Noyes Foundation and founding chairman of the Community Development Venture Capital Alliance.

Local restaurateur and chef Paul Mattison has completely transformed the former Lonestar Steakhouse on South Tamiami Trail into a beautiful restaurant hotspot: Mattison’s Forty-One.

Do you have a large, grassy backyard that demands frequent watering and mowing, and you just don’t know what to do with it? You’re not alone, but rest assured that there is more potential there than you might think.

You heard right. After a nearly decade-long hiatus, the Sarasota Food Policy Council (SFPC) is back, thanks to the efforts of Dr. Robert Kluson, UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County's Agriculture and Natural Resources Agent.

Permaculture originally began in the 1970’s in Australia as an attempt at creating a “permanent agriculture”: one that can exist indefinitely into the future without destroying the natural resources upon which we all depend.

Renowned author and international speaker Toby Hemenway, spoke in Sarasota on November 2nd to a very attentive audience, hosted by Transition Sarasota.

In his new book, Local Dollars, Local Sense: How to Move Your Money from Wall Street to Main Street and Achieve Real Prosperity, Shuman challenges everyone to take the "Eat Local, Buy Local" movement to the next level.

The legislation allows entrepreneurs to start a food business out of their home kitchen without getting a permit.