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The Regeneration Miracle That Is Compost

April 30, 2022May 3, 2022 Mike Nowak are bird feeders safe?, climate change, danger to songbirds from avian flu, highly pathogenic avian influenza, Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC), International Compost Awareness Week, John Bates from Field Museum Birds, Peggy Malecki, practical benefits of composting, sequestering carbon, Solid Waste Agency of Lake County (SWALCO), The Mike Nowak Show, Vernon Hills Park District Community Garden

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The Mike Nowak Show with Peggy Malecki helps the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition kick off International Compost Awareness Week. Merleanne Rampale from SWALCO, James Kim from Vernon HIlls Park District, and Vytas Papedinskas of Save Our Soil LLC report on a pilot program that is helping communities utilize the regeneration properties of compost. John Bates from Field Museum Birds helps clear up some confusion regarding use of backyard bird feeders during the current avian influenza outbreak in the U.S.

Composting Environmental justice Podcast

Right to Garden Victory in Illinois

May 1, 2021May 18, 2021 Mike Nowak Benjamin Krumstok, Garden Prairie Organics, Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC), Institute for Justice, International Compost Awareness Week (ICAW), Nicole Virgil, Peggy Malecki, Representative Sonya Harper, Right to Garden law, Senator David Koehler, The Mike Nowak Show, US Composting Council, Vegetable Garden Protection Act

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Nicole Virgil returns to the show with good news about her Right to Garden campaign in the Illinois General Assembly. She is joined by Ari Bargil from the Institute for Justice. Benjamim Krumstok from the Illinois Food Scrap Coalition (IFSC) and Mike Dimucci from Garden Prairie Organics talk composting and promote International Compost Awareness Week. May 2-8.