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Food

2015

How Does It Grow

Cranberries

Telling the stories of our food from field to fork.

Cranberries

Season 2015 Episode 2 | 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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