About Dig In ®

Gardening and Cooking in Chicago.

Dig In® is a fully owned subsidiary of Yellow Gal High Definition LLC (http://YGHDtv.com).  Produced by an award winning team of Producers, Videographers, Video Editors, and Talent – the Dig In® TV show is designed to entertain and inform Chicago area outdoor enthusiasts about enjoying your outdoor living space.

For more information contact us (http://mydiginchicago.com/contact-us/)

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Talent/Host
Mike Nowak

Mike Nowak has been sharing green and gardening wisdom in the Chicago area on radio for 15 years -­‐ first at WGN and now as host of “The Mike Nowak Show” on WCPT 820AM and 92.5, 92.7 and 99.9 FM. He has also appeared on WGN-TV Channel 9, CBS 2 Chicago and the DIY Network, and is a writer and award-winning columnist for Chicagoland Gardening Magazine. The April, 2011 Garden Design Magazine lists Mike’s show as one of five radio programs “we’re listening to.”

Mike is an Illinois Master Gardener and Openlands TreeKeeper. In 2002, he co-founded the Midwest Ecological Landscaping Association and served as MELA’s president for four years.
He is president of the Chicago Recycling Coalition and part of the Speakers Network for SafeLawns.org, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting natural lawn care and grounds maintenance.

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Jennifer Brennan has been a horticulturist in the Chicago area for 25 years, sharing her enthusiasm for growing and loving plants. She has a B.S. degree in Ornamental Horticulture from the University of Illinois in Champaign-Urbana with a minor in Botany. During her Junior year in college, she was a student intern at Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania. She was the horticulture information specialist in the Plant Information Office at the Chicago Botanic Garden for 9 years providing horticulture support for the Master Gardener volunteers while diagnosing plant diseases and identifying insect pests.

While at the CBG, Jennifer became the Horticulture co-respondent for ABC Ch7 Morning News, working with Tracy Butler, the Morning News weather anchor. 

In 1991, she joined the staff at Chalet Nursery and Garden Shops as the Manager of the Education Center, giving lectures twice a week.

Jennifer has been appearing as a guest expert on the Mike Nowak Radio Show since 1990… Which is what led to her exciting addition to the Dig In® Chicago team!

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Executive Producer
Blaine Howerton
Starting in TV as a News Photojournalist, Blaine Howerton has won multiple local and national awards for his shooting and tv programming concepts. Over the past 4 years, Howerton has launched more than 8 weekly TV shows in the Denver area. Within that time, he won 4 nationally recognized Telly’s and 7 awards from the Colorado Broadcaster’s Association.

Howerton created Yellow Gal High Definition (YGHD) in 2009 along with his wife (a former TV News Reporter). In 2010, he pursued the company full-time. Dig In was formed as a subsidiary of YGHD in 2010, and is one of several shows being developed by YGHD.

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Producer
Sarah Beatty
Sarah Beatty is the producer behind Dig In. She’s got a greenish thumb and a love of bringing the garden’s bounty inside and cooking up something fabulous. Sarah’s been producing for television and video for more than 13 years. She’s also the owner and producer behind HiJinx Productions.

Over the past several years, Sarah has been recognized nationally by winning several Telly Awards for the production of other Gardening TV shows in the Rocky Mountain Region.

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Editor
Nick Arnold
Starting with a love for film, Nick pursued film school and graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Writing and Directing for film from the Colorado Film School. After graduation, he decided that entering the film industry was too much sacrifice for his family. That is when Nick got a job in broadcasting.

From that point on, he began work on numerous award winning television shows as an editor and realized that broadcast was just as good a medium as film for telling compelling stories.

In 2009, Nick co-founded Yellow Gal High Definition (YGHD) with Blaine and Whei Howerton.  In 2010, he pursued the company full-time. Dig In was formed as a subsidiary of YGHD in 2010, and is one of several shows being developed by YGHD.

Nick has won many awards for his work but would say that his greatest achievement is his family. He is blessed to have a wonderful wife and an amazing 1 year old daughter.

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Dig In® Chicago Links:
http://mydiginchicago.com
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http://youtube.com/diginchicago
http://twitter.com/diginchicago 

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