By Lee Hayes Byron and Kevin O’Horan UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County We’ve reached the last days to complete the 2020 Census, as the deadline has shifted to Sept. 30. That is one month sooner than a previously announced… Read More
UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County honors three Master Gardener Volunteers for their efforts during COVID-19. Normally, Extension Master Gardener Volunteers staff a customer service desk at the Twin Lakes Park office and assist Sarasota County residents with plant and… Read More
![A dragonfly perched upon a blade of grass next to a body of water. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS, Tyler Jones]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/07/2020_Chems_blogBuggyWorldDragonfly_ifasCROP1338x357_tiny.jpg)
Got bugs? Got questions? Get answers. Join us Aug. 13 for our entertaining and informative “It’s a Buggy World: Identifying Insects in the Landscape” webinar. With an estimated 12,000 insect species in Florida, one could easily get overwhelmed… Read More
![An array of home-prepared foods, as shown during a Sarasota County Extension cottage foods class. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/07/2020_Ag_cottageFoods05_ufsaraextCROP1338x357_tiny.jpg)
Nearly a decade ago, Florida passed the Cottage Food Law, allowing people to prepare certain types of foods in their unlicensed home kitchens for sale to the public. But if you’ve still got questions, we can bring you… Read More
![A hand reaching into a container hive of honeybees. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS, Camila Guillen]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/07/2020_Ag_blogHoneybeeRules_ifas01CROP1338x357_tiny.jpg)
Got a bee in your bonnet to raise honeybees? We can help, with our “Rules and Regulations of Beekeeping” webinar, set for Aug. 18. In this free, quick webinar, set for 7-7:30 p.m., we’ll provide you information and… Read More
![ACMF prescribed fire taking place in the Austin Cary Memorial Forest. Burning, fires, forest fire, wildland fire. [CREDIT: UF/IFAS Extension, Larry Korhnak]](https://blogs.ifas.ufl.edu/sarasotaco/files/2020/07/2020_EcoNR_blogPrescribedFire_ifas02CROP1338x357_tiny.jpg)
Take a walk on the wild side… of Sarasota, with Dr. Katherine Clements, our ecology and natural resources educator. In our free “Wild Sarasota: Prescribed Fire” webinar, set for Aug. 06, we will focus on the necessity of… Read More
By Lee Hayes Byron and Kevin O’Horan UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County We’re well into the 2020 Census, and, thanks to your efforts, Sarasota County is currently at a 62 percent self-response rate. That’s about 3.5 percentage points above… Read More
We are pleased to announce that the UF/IFAS Extension Sarasota County office will open for business, effective June 15, with office hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Visitors are encouraged to schedule appointments for… Read More
What makes a species “invasive”? How do they invade? Why should you care? Join us July 1 for our latest “Ask an Agent Anything” webinar and we’ll explain this and much more. Our “Ask an Agent Anything: Invasive… Read More
“Natural.” “Free Range.” “Organic.” Oh, my! The array of claims made on food product labels can be dizzying, if not downright overwhelming. Join us July 14 for our free “What Do All the Labels Mean?” webinar where we… Read More
