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Florida Veterans For Common Sense Fund Assisting veterans building community and cleaning the environemnt SURF Microforest Project span datamcetypebookmark styledisplay inlineblock width 0px overflow hidden lineheight 0 classmceSELRESstartspan Florida Veterans for Common Sense Fund Inc. FLVCS FUND in cooperation with the Rotary Club of Sarasota Bay Solutions to Avoid Red Tide START and Sarasota Countys Neighborhood Environmental Stewardship Team NEST have worked together to plant a demonstration Sarasota Urban ReForestation SURF microforest at the Celery Fields a popular ecological site and recreational amenity in Sarasota County. Fast Growth Microforest Japanese Botanist Akira Miyawaki pioneered the technique to grow a microforest in 2030 years that can have the attributes of a forest 200300 years old. Using the Miyawaki technique native species are planted close together to compete for sunlight.