Asparagus
Discover the real reason why asparagus is considered the "king of vegetables." We reveal all the fascinating secrets of this springtime treat as we follow it from seed to fruit (yep, fruit!) to harvest and packing.
Episodes
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Cranberries
5m 15s
Most of us have only ever eaten cranberries as juice or that jiggly sauce we extract from a can at holiday time. But long before they're processed into these foods, fresh cranberries take special work to grow and harvest. Go underwater and high overhead to learn all about this native American fruit.
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Garlic
4m 38s
We peel back the layers of nature's most powerful superfood: from the quirks of garlic's modern cultivation to the weird ways it's been used throughout history.
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Apples
5m 32s
One of the world’s most ubiquitous fruits might seem like a simple thing to grow. But inside the common apple is a secret — and it's been challenging apple growers since Ancient Greece.
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Cauliflower
4m 3s
Find out how penguin poop and ladybugs are employed to grow five million heads of cauliflower each year at one of America's largest organic farms. Also, the labor-intensive trick farmers have to pull to keep our cauliflower white. Because if it's not white, we won't buy it.
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