Northern Gardening: White Wash and the effects of Roundup

Northern Gardening co-hosts Diane Booth and Joan Farnam talk with Carey Gillam, investigative journalist and author of the new book, “Whitewash: The Story of a Weed Killer, Cancer and the Corruption of Science.”  They’ll discuss what Carey has learned over the past 20 years about the pesticide “RoundUp,” what impact it has on the health of the the world and the United States and the company that makes it. 

The hosts will also talk to Julie Weisenhorn, U of M Extension horticulturist, about caring for holiday plants. discuss care of those new holiday plants.