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Operation Bon Appetit: Changing Communities Through Conversation

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, June 24, 2014
Tampa resident Jan Roberts spent the last two months on a cross-country road trip interviewing people doing transformational work in their communities. Now home, she plans to turn the videos she took along the way into an online story project designed to prompt others to step up and make a difference.

Florida's Peach Industry Grows Sweet And Sassy

By Marianne Hayes Tuesday, June 24, 2014
In Florida agriculture, citrus has long been king. But take a closer look at the Sunshine State's newest emerging cash crop: the princely peach. Experts say it soon could become a $100 million industry and provide a tasty boon for the state's economy.

Why Make Your Business More Sustainable? Save The Earth And Money

By Alex Tiegen Tuesday, June 10, 2014
Vertical gardens. Recycled paper products. Shades on windows. LED lighting. Downtown Tampa businesses get rewarded for finding solutions that work for them to become more sustainable.

Aquaponics Brings Fish To Farm To Table In Tampa

By Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, March 18, 2014
Urban gardens are springing up in small yards and large pots, on balconies and even vacant lots in the most unlikely neighborhoods across the nation. Now, a new home-sized system that merges aquaculture and agriculture has placed Central Florida at the center of the global sustainability movement.

Gasparilla Music Festival Makes Environmental Sustainability A Priority

By Alex Tiegen Tuesday, February 25, 2014
The two-day Gasparilla Music Festival in Tampa is seeking to lessen its impacts on the environment through carbon and waste reduction, including a free bicycle valet service and waste recycling and reuse.

Let's Talk Transit And How To Pay For It

By Diane Egner Tuesday, February 25, 2014
"Tampa Bay Mobility: Mapping The Economics of Transit'' will be the focus of 83 Degrees Media's next "Not Your Average Speakers'' event March 12 at Nova 535 near downtown St. Petersburg. Join the conversation. Get engaged!

Setting The Scene For Pinellas Ballot Initiative On Transit

By Steve Huettel Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Just as the Penny For Pinellas effort years ago helped move the county forward in road construction and maintenance, advocates for a one cent sales tax increase see Greenlight Pinellas as part of the solution to the Tampa Bay region's traffic congestion.

Fly Tribes Startup Envisions Global Sustainability For Natives

By Megan Hendricks Tuesday, February 18, 2014
A University of South Florida graduate student originally from Colombia creates a company that aims to help save both indigenous tribes and the environment.

Fresh Greens, Anyone? Urban Gardens Sustain Communities

By Janan Talafer Tuesday, January 14, 2014
Urban gardens sponsored by community groups, churches and neighborhoods have caught on like wildfire in St. Petersburg as local residents pursue the idea of sustainable agriculture, small urban farms and healthier eating.

Ambrosia Global: Erect Food Towers, Feed The World

By Justine Benstead Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Ambrosia Global, a local startup with a worldly perspective on sustainable farming as the solution to the world food crisis, will soon expand its reach into local Tampa neighborhoods as well as to Haiti and beyond.

Innovative Urban Food Park Would Span Food Experience

By Kathy Steele Tuesday, December 03, 2013
Emmanuel Roux, a former restaurateur and farm kid from France now living in St. Petersburg, looks at the city's poorest neighborhoods and envisions an Urban Food Park that could grow healthy foods, teach preparation skills from farm to table and feed the hungry. His longtime dream is getting closer to reality.

Sustainable Buzz Surrounds Tampa Bay's Locavore Movement

By Jessi Smith Tuesday, November 05, 2013
Celebrating the Tampa Bay region's locavore movement, the Sustany Foundation teams up with local farms and restaurants, food trucks, breweries, wineries and spirits companies to present a tastebud-tantalizing Sustainable Buzz Fest on November 7 at the Straz Center.

Encore! Tampa Takes Big Strides Toward Sustainability

By Marcia Biggs Tuesday, October 29, 2013
Encore! Tampa, a growing planned community just north of downtown designed to attract young professionals as well as families and the elderly, is a role model for sustainability and green living.

The Aquaculture Evolution: Not Your Grandpa's Guppies

By Jan Hollingsworth Tuesday, October 15, 2013
Central Florida is the center of the nation's tropical fish farming universe and Mike Drawdy, a third-generation producer, aims to use technology to reclaim the local industry's place on the world stage. Fancy fish, it turns out, swim spectacularly through cyberspace.

Creative Reuse Movement Boosts Urban Economies By Turning Trash Into Treasure

By Lee Chilcote Tuesday, October 08, 2013
Across America, creative reuse organizations are popping up to "upcycle" and sell stuff that would otherwise end up in a landfill. Artisans and artists are, in turn, turning this would-be detritus into artworks and products.
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