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                   Author: Ned Steele Todd Kleperis maneuvers his research facility along Roberts Bay. (submitted image) ‘Opod’ creator in Siesta Key waters fights county on whether or not...

Ocean Gardens Tekmara founder Todd Kleperis hopes to make waves in sustainable agriculture. SRQ MAGAZINE | JULY 2023 BY LAURA PAQUETTE IN PEOPLE Images Courtesy of Tekmara When people imagine a farm, they conjure up...

Eagle-eyed patrons of a Siesta Key restaurant may notice an unassuming, 3-foot by 5-foot cylinder in the ocean. But beneath the surface — of both the ocean and contraption — could lay the key to...

A Sarasota man says he’s found the key to sustainable farming — good morels. Kleperis and his pod (left) and the mushrooms growing inside it (right). Photos courtesy of Todd Kleperis Written By: Selene San...