gardening, the environment, green living and a lot of humor

Keith "Fathom" Cross explains why he wrote the song about urban gardening, "Home Grown." Tom Shepherd from the Southeast Environmental Task Force updates Mike on a whirlwind week of legal and politcal action surrounding the piling of petcoke along the Calumet River in Chicago. Diane and Phil Gassman from LaSalle County, Illinois report on the frac sand mines that are surrounding their home and seem to be taking over the county. Dr. Lora Chamberlain previews a public hearing in Chicago regarding the new Illinois fracking law. Mike reads from a news story that reports on the plight of Monarch butterflies.