Household Food Waste Doesn’t Belong In Landfills. Here’s Why and How You Can Help
With an estimated 43% of the millions of tons of food waste in US landfills coming from households, it's high time food waste reduction and diversion became a household norm.
Thank You For Being The One During #GivingChallenge2020
Because of you, The Giving Challenge presented by the Community Foundation of Sarasota County was a tremendous success!
COVID-19 Community Response: Enjoy An Easy Guide To Local Direct-to-Consumer Opportunities
Transition Sarasota and UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County are teaming up to celebrate local producers by helping them get the word out about available products and services.
My Holiday Gift To You
With a new Board of Directors in place and an increasingly active presence throughout our community (at The Hub, the Sarasota Farmers Market, and elsewhere), we are ready to take our work to the next level in 2016. Please join us in doing so by making a year-end gift to Transition Sarasota no later than December 31st.
Pete’s Place: Getting The Most Out Of Your Winter Garden
Your Fall gardens should now be in full swing and you should be enjoying a lot of delicious rewards at the table. At this time, Peter emphasizes the practice of repeat plantings of these same crops, to extend that harvest as long as possible.
Pete’s Place: Let The Planting Begin!
As we welcome the gradual lowering of summer’s heat and humidity, it's time to get in your fall and winter crops. The longer-lived items will also spill over into spring. For newcomers to this area, this is our primary growing season - or seasons - of the year.
Pete’s Place: More Summer Veggies & Fall Planting Prep
One more gardening update to get us through the summer! In Peter’s last column, he went through the best vegetables for summer growing here in southwest Florida. He wanted to quickly mention two that he overlooked, then move on to more current topics.
Pete’s Place: Sultry Summer Gardening Tips
In a previous “Pete’s Place” column, Peter alluded to the two main choices for the vegetable grower during our sultry summers: try to grow from a limited number of choices or focus on soil-building for the fall.
Pete’s Place: Seasonal Growing Tips For Local Gardeners
Greetings, and welcome to Pete’s Place, where Peter Burkard will be offering an ongoing series of columns on seasonal food-growing tips for west-central Florida.
9 Books To Grow Your Green Thumb By
In this round up of gardening books, we’ve done the research for you to find out which books are the best for the area and which books come highly recommended by local food producers and successful backyard gardeners.