Cool Weird Awesome With Brady Carlson

One hundred years ago today was the birthday of Mike Yurosek, the father of the baby carrot. Here's the story of how he came up with the idea. Plus: some communities in Europe are starting mini gardens on the roofs of bus stop shelters to give bees and butterflies a little help.  Profiles in Doing Both: Mike Yurosek, Father of the 'Baby Carrot' (Forbes) Digging the baby carrot (USA Today) Buzz stops: bus shelter roofs turned into gardens for bees and butterflies (The Guardian) Support this show for just $1 a month and help it grow like a baby carrot --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/coolweirdawesome/support