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Are You Ready for Some Illinois Fun?
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Are You Ready for Some Illinois Fun?

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Mike and Peggy travel Illinois to talk about farming, pumpkins, chickens, music festivals and beer. Guests are Jeff Hake from FarmFED Co-op, Jennifer Murtoff of the 11th Annual Windy City Coop Tour, and Katie Troccoli, Christina Eltrevoog and Tom Gaffney from the WRWO 94.5 FM “Fresh from the Midwest” music festival.

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Walk llike an agrarian - Forefront
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Walk Like an Agrarian

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Sheri Doyel, director of McHenry County College’s new Center for Agrarian Learning Center (CAL) is joined by farmer and activistt Lisa Kivirist to promote the upcoming Forefront Speaker Series, which has free online events planned the second Sunday of each month between now and December. Horticultural expert Melinda Myers returns to the show to offer fall gardening tips.

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Extreme Permaculture Primer - Paul Wheaton
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Extreme Permaculture Primer

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Paul Wheaton and Shawn Klassen-Koop are the authors of Building a Better World in Your Backyard Instead of Being Angry at Bad Guys. It might be called an essential extreme permaculture primer. Garden expert Melinda Myers returns to the show to talk about keeping your plants healthy in summer, and to promote the lesson of patience in the garden.

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Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus
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Connecting in the Age of Coronavirus

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Mike and Peggy explore ways to connect with nature during a worldwide pandemic. Benjamin Futa, Jennifer Jewell and Rebecca McMackin from the canceled Spring Symposium at Allen Centennial Garden in Madison, Wisconsin talk about the refuge of your backyard in this crisis. Dr. Teresa Horton of the Nature, Culture, and Human Health Network explains how social distancing can affect communities. On a different note, Jodie Wiederkehr from the Chicago Alliance for Animals explains how carriage horses might be on verge of disappearing from Chicago, and why that’s a good thing.

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Green Infrastructure
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Green Infrastructure Means Green Jobs

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Daniella Pereira from Openlands talks TreeKeepers, green infrastructure and jobs. Robert Nevel previews the MLK Food Justice & Sustainability Weekend at KAM Isaiah Israel. Elysabeth Alfano talks about the premiere of her new show on WCGO Radio, Sundays at 3pm.

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Tree Care Season - Wilmette Tree Fall
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Tree Care Season Starts Now

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Evan Shorr from Bartlett Tree Experts answers questions about fall tree care. Pastor Scott Onque’ of St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago previews the Faith in Place Green Team Summit. Rich and Susan Eyre from Rich’s Foxwillow Pines in Woodstock, IL, report on the closing of their conifer nursery after 31 years.

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Summer vegetables
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Summer Vegetables Report 2019

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Mike and Peggy welcome back Dan Gibbs, The Backyard Farmer, and Holly and Joey Baird, The Wisconsin Vegetable Gardener, to talk about mid-summer problems in the vegetable garden. Alan Shannon and Jen Nelson from Seven Generations Ahead explain how the Oak Park Micro Brew Review achieves its goal of zero waste.

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Watch the Show

Watch for it! New show, new format, same blend of information and entertainment that you’ve come to expect from Mike

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Seed starting in paper cups
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It’s the Seed-i-est Time of the Year!

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Lisa Hilgenberg, horticulturist for the Regenstein Fruit and Vegetable Garden at the Chicago Botanic Garden, has seed choosing and seed starting tips. Lan and Pam Richart from Eco-Justice Collaborative follow up on efforts to protect the Middle Fork of the Vermilion River in Central Illinois from coal ash contamination.

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MLK Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend
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The REAL National Emergency: Food Justice and Food Insecurity

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Green Diva Meg returns to talk low stress ways of being sustainable. Gary Oppenheimer of Ample Harvest explains how they’re working to help food pantries deal with the government shutdown. Robert Nevel of KAM Isaiah Israel and Terri Reardon of the Chicago Park District preview the 10th Annual MLK Food Justice and Sustainability Weekend.

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