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	<description>Radio host Mike Nowak on the environment, gardening and green living.</description>
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		<title>Battling landfills and pollen</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 May 2012 19:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[May 6 , 2012 The fight against dumping waste in Chicago continues&#8230; About two months ago, I learned about an ordinance, proposed by 9th Ward Alderman Anthony Beale, that would lift a moratorium on landfill dumping within the city limits &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/battling-landfills-and-pollen/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Tracking invasive plants in Illinois</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 May 2012 19:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cathy McGlynn]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exotic invasives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Garlic Mustard Challenge]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Green Home Experts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Northeast Illinios Invasive Plant Partnership]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 29, 2012 No, garlic mustard is not a condiment for your Chicago-style dawg I&#8217;ll bet you don&#8217;t know that Illinois was last year&#8217;s champion of the United States Forest Service&#8217;s Garlic Mustard Challenge. In fact, the Northeast Illinois Invasive &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/tracking-invasive-plants-in-illinois/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrating Earth Day with Melinda Myers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 22:51:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Earth Day 2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emily Carroll]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Florian Schulz]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food & Water Watch]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Melinda Myers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Plant Doctor]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[water privatization]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 22, 2012 Melinda Myers co-hosts today&#8217;s show There&#8217;s nothing I like better than being surrounded by beautiful babes. Especially if they know how to prune a hydrangea. Which is why I&#8217;m pleased to have Melinda Myers back on the &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/celebrating-earth-day-with-melinda-myers/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Rollin&#8217; on da river (a good thing) and choppin&#8217; down da trees (not so good)</title>
		<link>http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/rollin-on-da-river-a-good-thing-and-choppin-down-da-trees-not-so-good/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Apr 2012 03:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[apple crop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dig In Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[disinfection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evergreen Park]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends of the Chicago River]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Friends of the Forest Preserves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[old growth trees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[One Earth Film Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rick DiMaio]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[April 15, 2012 Are you ready to Dig In® Chicago? If you regularly log on to this website, you&#8217;ll have to forgive me for relentlessly plugging Dig In® Chicago. It&#8217;s not every day that I start a new television venture &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/rollin-on-da-river-a-good-thing-and-choppin-down-da-trees-not-so-good/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Recoverable waste and edible treasures</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Apr 2012 23:07:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Carl Zimring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Recycling Coalition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Diane Ott Whealy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dig In Chicago]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 8, 2012 Two weeks to the premiere of Dig In® Chicago I&#8217;m trying to remember the last time I worked as hard as I did on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, as we shot the first three &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/recoverable-waste-and-edible-treasures/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Beautiful music in the studio and hog trouble in Michigan</title>
		<link>http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/457/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Apr 2012 14:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dig In Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jennifer Brennan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mark Baker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Michigan DNR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Glass Hour]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tracy DeMarco]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[vegetables]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[April 1, 2012 Appearing live in studio: Tracy DeMarco and Brian Bradbury! Well, it IS April Fool&#8217;s Day, after all, and I didn&#8217;t want to spoil the fun of bringing a real, live harp into the studio. It so happens &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/457/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Countdown to Dig In® Chicago</title>
		<link>http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/countdown-to-dig-in%c2%ae-chicago/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Mar 2012 19:06:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Abbie Rea]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[compost]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Esau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dig In Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FloraTube]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Morton Arboretum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[natural lawn care]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 25, 2012 My thanks to all of the folks who have sent their congratulations to me following the announcement that I will be involved in a TV gardening and cooking show called Dig In Chicago, which will premiere on &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/countdown-to-dig-in%c2%ae-chicago/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dig In® Chicago premieres on April 21, 2012</title>
		<link>http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/dig-in%c2%ae-chicago-premieres-on-april-21-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Mar 2012 00:49:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dave Esau]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dig In Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fleurotica]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 18, 2012 Mike and Jennifer Brennan announce Dig In® Chicago! I&#8217;m pleased to welcome Jennifer Brennan back to the show as this week&#8217;s co-host, especially because we have a HUGE (to quote Donald Trump) announcement to make. Jennifer is &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/dig-in%c2%ae-chicago-premieres-on-april-21-2012/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Flower and food festivals come to Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 03:20:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ag-Gag laws]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CAFOs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago Flower & Garden Show]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FamilyFarmed.org]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Good Food Festival]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jim Slama]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[seed swap]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[March 11, 2012 &#8220;Hort Couture&#8221; sashays into the Chicago Flower &#38; Garden Show Hokey smoke, Bullwinkle, it must be spring! How do I know? It&#8217;s not just the crocuses popping up in my yard, about three weeks early. It&#8217;s also &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/flower-and-food-festivals-come-to-chicago/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Mike and Beth talk smack and shop</title>
		<link>http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/mike-and-beth-talk-smack-and-shop/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Mar 2012 21:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mike Nowak</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Anthony Beale]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Beth Botts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Cheryl Johnson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Chicago]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[environment]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[landfills]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Wildlife Federation]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[March 4, 2012 When is it acceptable for enviros to take money from big business? It&#8217;s been awhile since horticultural writer extraordinaire Beth Botts has been on the show. So today, she and I will sit around and discuss a &#8230; <a href="http://mikenowak.net/blog/radio/mike-and-beth-talk-smack-and-shop/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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