How Does It Grow

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.

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.

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.

Mushrooms have suffered from a case of mistaken identity. Is it a plant, or even a vegetable? We find answers inside the underground houses where farmers grow this mysterious food.