Please welcome Pure Nut Mylk to the Sarasota County Green Business Partnership. About Pure Nut Mylk Founder Vicki Cleaves-Gregory has been a pharmacist for more than 30 years. While working for a large company, she began to notice… Read More
By RANDALL PENN, MINDY HANAK, and WILMA HOLLEY UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County One topic we receive a number of questions on is yard waste collection. That’s never been more true than recently, with yard waste pickup in Sarasota… Read More
The sports industry is much more than the teams that are taking the field. In today’s world of sports, managers must be aware of all components of their organization. The sports industry has the ability to impact and… Read More
January has been a big month for recycling in Sarasota County, primarily with the switch to a single-stream collection system across unincorporated areas of the county (that is, not in city limits). Single-stream recycling is a method of… Read More
Join us Feb. 13 for “Let’s Make Some Black Gold!“, a look at composting, waste reduction and recycling in our area. This 90-minute workshop blends indoor lessons with outdoor, hands-on activities in our compost demonstration area, and includes… Read More
Please join us in welcoming Quick Draw Quality Pawn, the first pawn and gun store to become a Sarasota County Green Business Partner and our newest member. About the Partner Quick Draw Quality Pawn is 100-percent focused on energy… Read More
By Lee Hayes Byron, Sophia Moundous, and Randall Penn UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County It’s back to school time across Sarasota County, and a good time to mix a little sustainability into the race back to the classroom. We’ve… Read More
By H. Hopper and C. Lanzone UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County interns TAMPA – As events go, they don’t get much bigger than an NCAA Final Four. So, when Randy Penn, waste reduction agent at UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County,… Read More
“Recycle Right” is a new, open-discussion class focused on the issues we face in Sarasota County. The first offering in this free-and-open-to-the-pubic series comes June 26, and focuses on recycling, with waste reduction, recycling, composting, and other topics… Read More
The Sarasota County Green Business Partnership teamed up with the Tampa-based Sustany Foundation to assist in recognizing area businesses that are making positive environmental changes in our region. Nearly 100 companies from the Gulf Coast region submitted an application… Read More
