Blog Posts

Information from Past Shows

SNAP SNAFU

July 22, 2018 Mike Nowak

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:16 — 48.6MB)

Corey Chatman explains how SNAP purchases at farmers markets across the country are at risk. Green Diva Meg talks about

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

SNAP SNAFU

July 21, 2018August 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Community Supported Fisheries, environment, Experimental Station, Farmers Markets, gardening, green living, Sitka Salmon Shares, SNAP, sustainability, The Green Divas, The Mike Nowak Show

Corey Chatman from the Experimental Station helps explain a potential issue concerning SNAP purchases at farmers markets across the country. Green Diva Meg talks about her new podcast at The Green Divas website. Dr. Nicolaas Mink of Sitka Salmon Shares addresses the challenges facing Community Supported Fisheries.

Information from Past Shows

The Budburst Challenge: Natives v. Nativars

July 15, 2018 Mike Nowak

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:24 — 48.7MB)

Chicago Master Gardener Laury Lewis previews the 50th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk. Kayri Havens and Jennifer Schwarz

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

The Budburst Challenge: Natives v. Nativars

July 14, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, citizen scientists, environment, gardening, Kayri Havens, Laury Lewis, master gardener, phenology, pollinators, Project Budburst, Sheffield Music Festival and Garden Walk, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Chicago Master Gardener Laury Lewis stops by the studio to preview the 50th Annual Sheffield Music Festival & Garden Walk and answer gardening questions. Kayri Havens and Jennifer Schwarz Ballard from Budburst at the Chicago Botanic Garden are looking for citizen scientists to participate in the Nativars Research Project.

Information from Past Shows

What If Communities Actually Worked Together to be Sustainable?

July 8, 2018 Mike Nowak

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:18 — 48.7MB)

Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives for the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus celebrates a milestone for the Greenest Region Compact. Tony

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

GRC2: What If Communities Actually Worked Together to be Sustainable?

July 7, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak 811 Chicago Garden, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Edith Makra, environment, gardening, Greenest Region Compact, Metropolitan Mayors Caucus, sustainability, Taste of Chicago, The Mike Nowak Show, Tony Abruscato

Edith Makra, Director of Environmental Initiatives for the Metropolitan Mayors Caucus celebrates a milestone for the Greenest Region Compact. Tony Abruscato of the Chicago Flower & Garden Show, explains his collaboration with 811 Chicago and Taste of Chicago.

Information from Past Shows

A Little Science in the Garden Goes a Long Way

July 1, 2018 Mike Nowak

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:32 — 48.8MB)

Author, lecturer and “farmden” cultivator Lee Reich talks about his new book, The Ever Curious Gardener. Folks from the Dearborn

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

A Little Science in the Garden Goes a Long Way

June 30, 2018July 20, 2018 Mike Nowak Bucktown Garden Walk, Chicago, Dearborn Garden Walk, environment, gardening, gardening science, Lee Reich, SavATree, sustainability, The Ever Curious Gardener, The Mike Nowak Show, tick control, tree care

Author, lecturer and “farmden” cultivator Lee Reich talks about his new book, The Ever Curious Gardener. Folks from the Dearborn Garden Walk and the Bucktown Garden Walk come to the studio to promote their summer events.

Information from Past Shows

Return of the Queen of All Horticultural Media

June 29, 2018 Mike Nowak

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:46:01 — 48.5MB)

Garden expert Melinda Myers talk searly summer gardening. Environmental attorney Albert Ettinger and Cindy Skrukrud from the Illinois Chapter of

Information from Past Shows Podcasts

Return of the Queen of All Horticultural Media

June 23, 2018June 30, 2018 Mike Nowak Albert Ettinger, Chicago River, Clean Water Act, environment, gardening, Illinois Sierra Club, low maintenance perennials, Melinda Myers, MWRD, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Trump Tower Chicago

Garden expert, author, lecturer and Queen of All Horticultural Media Melinda Myers returns to the show to talk early summer gardening. Environmental attorney Albert Ettinger and Cindy Skrukrud from the Illinois Chapter of the Sierra Club explain their lawsuit with Chicago Trump Tower over its continuing violation of the Clean Water Act.