gardening, the environment, green living and a lot of humor

Steve Bailey of the Illinois Natural History Survey explains why 30,000 sandhill cranes flew directly over Chicago during their migration this fall. Jean Bragdon, operations manager at Lurvey Garden Center in Des Plaines, talks about the expansion of the business and gives some tips for winter plant care. Karen Hudson of Illinois Citizens for Clean Air and Water (ICCAW) and the Socially Responsible Agricultural Project (SRAP) and attorney Kevin Sullivan tell the story of how bullying tactics by the factory farm industry resulted in a lawsuit against Hudson that was recently dismissed by an Illinois appellate court.