The Mike Nowak Show Podcasts

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Guests: Whole Foods Market floral designer Stacey Bal and Garfield Park Conservatory Alliance board member Perri Kinght preview this week's FLEUROTICA fashion show at Garfield Park Conservatory; organic lawn care guru Chip Osborne talks about turf in advance of a Natural Lawn Care Workshop in Des Plaines; Dennis Carroll of the Home Show Pros previews the Naperville Home Showcase, where I'll be speaking next Saturday and Sunday; David Cleverdon of Kinnikinnick Farm in Caledonia, Illinois explains what it was like in 1994, when being an organic vegetable farmer was a true anomaly in the state.

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Guests: Joliet Junior College horticultural student Kathy Manow and Roger Phelps of STIHL Inc., who is also a board member of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), talk about the importance of the 35th Annual Student Career Days; Jim Slama, founder and president of FamilyFarmed.org, previews this year's FamilyFarmed Expo at the UIC Forum in Chicago; Bob Martin of the Pew Environmental Group explains how they are trying to "save antibiotics" by reducing their use in food animal production; "Good Growing" contributor Martha Boyd talks about the Expo's 6th Annual Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Summit, and how groups like Advocates for Urban Agriculture are working with the City of Chicago to allow local farmers to prosper.

Guests: Joliet Junior College horticultural student Kathy Manow and Roger Phelps of STIHL Inc., who is also a board member of the Professional Landcare Network (PLANET), talk about the importance of the 35th Annual Student Career Days; Jim Slama, founder and president of FamilyFarmed.org, previews this year's FamilyFarmed Expo at the UIC Forum in Chicago; Bob Martin of the Pew Environmental Group explains how they are trying to "save antibiotics" by reducing their use in food animal production; "Good Growing" contributor Martha Boyd talks about the Expo's 6th Annual Chicago Food Policy Advisory Council Summit, and how groups like Advocates for Urban Agriculture are working with the City of Chicago to allow local farmers to prosper.

Guests: Though the interview wasn't scheduled, Mike gets Tom Shepard from the Southeast Environmental Task Force to talk about Wednesday's rally to persuade Governor Pat Quinn to veto legislation that would allow a coal gasification plant to be built in southeast Chicago; Max Muller from Environment Illinois explains legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that attacks clean air and water statutes; Michele Owens, one of the Garden Rant blog writers, talks about her new book, Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.

Guests: Though the interview wasn't scheduled, Mike gets Tom Shepard from the Southeast Environmental Task Force to talk about Wednesday's rally to persuade Governor Pat Quinn to veto legislation that would allow a coal gasification plant to be built in southeast Chicago; Max Muller from Environment Illinois explains legislation recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives that attacks clean air and water statutes; Michele Owens, one of the Garden Rant blog writers, talks about her new book, Grow the Good Life: Why a Vegetable Garden Will Make You Happy, Healthy, Wealthy, and Wise.

Guests: Mike welcomes Openlands President and CEO Jerry Adelmann for an in-depth conversation about one of Openlands' newest projects: the Openlands Lakeshore Preserve, a ravine and lakeshore conservation project on what used to be part of Ft. Sheridan on the western shore of Lake Michigan. Site manager Aimee Collins, whose job it is to protect this rare and valuable ecosystem, joins in the chat. To see a short video of my walk up Bartlett Ravine, as narrated by Robert Megquier, Director of Land Preservation, click here.

Guests: Fernwood Botanical Gardens Executive Director Carol Line previews next Saturday's Spring Garden Symposium with Mike and fellow presenter Chris Woods; Openlands President and CEO Jerry Adelmann talks about the newly-opened Openlands Lakeshore Preserve with preserve site manager Aimee Collins; The Local Beet's Rob Gardner has the lowdown on his website's 2011 list of Chicago area CSAs.

Guests: Fernwood Botanical Gardens Executive Director Carol Line previews next Saturday's Spring Garden Symposium with Mike and fellow presenter Chris Woods; Openlands President and CEO Jerry Adelmann talks about the newly-opened Openlands Lakeshore Preserve with preserve site manager Aimee Collins; The Local Beet's Rob Gardner has the lowdown on his website's 2011 list of Chicago area CSAs.

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Guests: Don Fenwick from CruiseWorks, Inc. previews Mike's 2012 Caribbean Garden Cruise, which will feature stops at several remarkable tropical gardens; Organic Valley's Theresa Marquez talks about what happens to organics now that the USDA has approved genetically engineered alfalfa and sugar beets; in the Good Growing segment, Mike gets a report from local farmer Kim Marsin of Sweet Home Organics.

Guests: Mike and producer Heather Frey discuss GE salmon and continuing union protests in Wisconsin; Nancy Gonsiorek from Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee, (WPPC) and speaker Carole Brown of Ecosystem Gardening preview next Saturday's conference, "Tending the Earth"; Irv Cernauskas of Irv & Shelly's Fresh Picks explains how his business offers year-round home delivery of local and organic produce, meat, dairy and eggs in the Chicago area, and talks about his role on the Illinois Local Food, Farms and Jobs Council.

Guests: Mike and producer Heather Frey discuss GE salmon and continuing union protests in Wisconsin; Nancy Gonsiorek from Wildflower Preservation and Propagation Committee, (WPPC) and speaker Carole Brown of Ecosystem Gardening preview next Saturday's conference, "Tending the Earth"; Irv Cernauskas of Irv & Shelly's Fresh Picks explains how his business offers year-round home delivery of local and organic produce, meat, dairy and eggs in the Chicago area, and talks about his role on the Illinois Local Food, Farms and Jobs Council.

Guests: Alex Lyakhovetsky and Lee Goodman explain how the suburban Northbrook Board of Trustees voted last week to allow citizens to plant vegetable gardens in their front yards; Jerome Johnson, Executive Director of Garfield Farm Museum, and Cathy McGlynn, Coordinator of theNortheast Illinois Invasive Plant Partnership (NIIPP) preview next week's 25th annual Prairie, Woodlands, and Wetlands Management Seminar.