October 15, 2017 – When Plants Fight City Hall




The Mike Nowak Show Podcasts show

Summary: <p>Nicole Virgil talks about her family's fight with suburban Elmhurst to keep a <a href="https://www.facebook.com/ElmhurstHoopHousesSupporters/">hoop house</a> in their yard under which they can grow vegetables. Then Ron Cress reports on <a href="http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2017/05/23/dekalb-man-not-willing-to-hedge-on-native-plants/ahl4ct2/">his own battle</a> to grow native plants in his DeKalb, Illinois yard. Michele Hoffman returns to the Science Desk to explain about a pioneering technique called <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2014/11/25/science/a-lifesaving-transplant-for-coral-reefs.html?_r=1">microfragmenting</a> that can rapidly grow corals and perhaps help populations rebound in certain parts of the world.</p> <p></p>