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

Kathleen Thompson, proprietor of Around the Block Press, stops by to talk about the launch party for Mike's first book, Attack of the Killer Asparagus. Josh Mogerman from the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), reports on efforts to remove petcoke piles from Chicago's southeast side. Environmental toxicologist David J. Zaber helps to explain the consequences of continued and increasing use of chemicals like glyphosate, which is the active ingredient in Roundup, and warns of a new attempt to create a product that would combine glyphosate with 2,4-D.