Susan Hand Shetterly, author of the just-released book, Seaweed Chronicles: A World at the Water’s Edge, reports on how seaweed harvesting could be the next biological frontier and also an environmental battlefield. Trout Unlimited coordinator Marvin Strauch, and Chicago teacher Joe Lentino explain the Trout in the Classroom program.
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Certified arborist M.D. Skeet from Bartlett Tree Experts returns to the show to talk summer tree issues. Carey Gillam, author of Whitewash: The Story of Weed Killer, Cancer, and the Corruption of Science, also returns to report on a huge court judgment against the Monsanto Company and its weedkiller Roundup.
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This week, the Garden Writers are coming to town to party with the Independent Garden Centers at Navy Pier. Mike and Peggy welcome GWA members C. L. Fornari, Andrea Whitely and Mary-Kate Mackey in studio, who will be joined on the phone by James A. Baggett, who is being inducted into the GWA Hall of Fame.
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Landscape horticulturist Dolly Foster teaches you how to make your garden pollinator friendly. Tom Buechel explains how the Plant Sentry program will theoretically keep plant e-commerce free of invasive plants and pests.
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The Spirited Gardener Julia Bunn from the 6th annual GreenBuilt Home Tour has rain garden advice. Dan Kosta reports on the Prairie State Bonsai Society annual show. KC Tomato talks–what else?–tomatoes. Stephanie Walquist and Terry Guen preview the Wild Ones West Cook Native Garden Tour.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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