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Mushrooms

Go inside the dark, damp houses where the mysterious mushroom grows.

Mushrooms How Does It Grow

Premiered April 21, 2015
Mushrooms

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.

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How Does It Grow

Telling the stories of our food from field to fork.

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