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Apples

One of the world’s most common fruits has a secret that will blow your mind.

Apples How Does It Grow

Premiered April 21, 2015
Apples

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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Is white chocolate really chocolate? Find out the good, the bad and the ugly.
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White Chocolate or White LIE?

The pumpkin pie the pilgrims made wasn't anything like the pie we eat today.
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The ORIGINAL Pumpkin Pie

Discover why the US harvests 500 million pounds of a food we have no intention of eating.
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Pumpkin

About the Program

How Does It Grow

Telling the stories of our food from field to fork.

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