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Pepper

Ever wondered why red peppers are more expensive than green peppers?

Pepper How Does It Grow

Premiered October 19, 2017
Pepper

Ever wondered why red peppers are more expensive than green peppers? We went straight to the farm to find out this and more — like whether yellow, orange and red peppers are all just shades of one ripening pepper.

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How Does It Grow

Telling the stories of our food from field to fork.

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