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April 8, 2018 – Anticipation…

LaManda Joy from Peterson Garden Project promotes their annual Organic Edible Plant Sale. Sarah Surroz of Conserve Lake County talks about their new partnership with Openlands. The Chicago Botanic Garden’s Lisa Hilgenberg answers spring veggie gardening questions.

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Seeds As Art, Seeds As Medium

March 31, 2018April 20, 2019 Mike Nowak animal welfare, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, horse-drawn carriages, nature art, organics, Seed Museums, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, young farmers

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Artist Shilin Hora describes her “Seed Museum works.” 2018 Beginning Farmer of the Year Yoram Shanan of Sandbox Organics talks about the new wave of farmers. Jodie Wiederkehr of Chicago Alliance for Animals (CAA) explains why she wants to put horse-drawn carriages out of business in Chicago.

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March 18, 2018 – Live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show!

March 17, 2018April 1, 2018 Mike Nowak butterflies, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Chris VanCleave, environment, gardening, green living, Natural Garden Natives, Purple Cow Organics, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Rose Kings, William Moss, Wyld Creek Water Gardens

Mike and Peggy broadcast live from the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show. They talk to show president Tony Abruscato, The Rose Kings Chris VanCleave and Brian Puckett, Sandy Syburg from Purple Cow Organics, William Moss the Garden Boss, and Janie Grillo aka Butterfly Jane.

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March 11, 2018 – Healthy Water, Soils, Lands and Laws

March 10, 2018March 22, 2018 Mike Nowak Chicago Flower and Garden Show, David Montgomery, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, Jerry Adelmann, Melinda Myers, natural areas, Openlands, regenerative agriculture, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Horticulturist Melinda Myers previews her appearance at the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Openlands president and CEO Jerry Adelmann explains how one our most important environmental laws is at risk and how you can protect it. David R. Montgomery has a plan to regenerate our soils and he will be speaking at the Good Food EXPO.

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March 4, 2018 – On the Road Again

March 4, 2018March 22, 2018 Mike Nowak Beth Vercolio-Osmund, Cam Davis, Congress, environment, gardening, Good Food EXPO, green living, Jim Slama, MWRD, sustainability, TerraCycle, The Mike Nowak Show, Tom Szaky

Mike and Peggy are on the road at the Greater Chicago Home + Remodeling Show in Schaumburg with show packed with guests–Jim Slama from the Good Food EXPO; Cam Davis, who is running as a write-in candidate for the MWRD; Kenneth Gallt of Foliage Design Systems of Chicago; genius recycler Tom Szaky from TerraCycle; and 16th Congressional District candidate Beth Vercolio-Osmund.

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February 18, 2018 – Being Christy

February 17, 2018February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak Adam Federman, Chicago Flower and Garden Show, Christy Webber, Department of the Interior, environment, fossil fuels, gardening, green living, immigration reform, landscaping, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

The inimitable Christy Webber returns to talk horticulture, business and the Chicago Flower & Garden Show. Adam Federman from The Nation Magazine returns to report on the latest threats to what we thought were protected U.S. natural lands.

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February 11, 2018 – Healing Agriculture, Healing Earth

February 11, 2018February 24, 2018 Mike Nowak agroecology, Bioneers, CAFOs, environment, gardening, green living, Healing Earth, John Ikerd, Loyola University Chicago, McHenry County College, Pope Francis, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Dr. John Ikerd, former chicken raiser Craig Watts, and activist/farmer Karen Hudson preview the annual meeting of Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water and the many issues surrounding industrial agriculture. Dr. Michael Schuck and Dr. Nancy Tuchman from Loyola University Chicago explain their open source online textbook called Healing Earth.

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February 4, 2018 – Saving the Monarch, Round 2: Pessimists v. Optimists

February 3, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak environment, extinction, gardening, green living, habitat loss, Kylee Baumlee, milkweed, monarch butterfly, seed germination, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, The Seed Keeper Company

Kylee Baumlee, author of The Monarch: Saving Our Most-Loved Butterfly, visits the WCGO studios, along with Carol Niec and Kerrie Rosenthal from The Seed Keeper Company. On a snowy day, Pat Skach fills in for meteorologist Rick DiMaio.

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January 28, 2018 – Solar Speed Bump, Healthy Parks

January 27, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak Dig Right In Landscaping, environment, gardening, green living, Lisa Albrecht, Logic Lawn Care, pesticides, soil food web, solar energy, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show

Solar energy expert Lisa Albrecht comments on the decision to slap a tariff on imported solar panels to the U.S. Steve Neumann of Logic Lawn Care and Jeff Swano of Dig Right In Landscaping explain how they promoting natural lawn care to Illinois park districts.

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January 21, 2018 – Soil Secrets, Flowertales

January 20, 2018February 9, 2018 Mike Nowak Chicago Flower and Garden Show, environment, gardening, green living, Loyola University Chicago, snow cover, soil science, SSSA, sustainability, The Mike Nowak Show, Tony Abruscato

Soil scientist Mary Tiedeman explains what’s happening in your soil beneath the snow (when there is any), and Zhenwei Zhu talks about how to get it tested at the new Loyola Environmental Testing Laboratory (LETL). Tony Abruscato previews the 2018 Chicago Flower & Garden Show.