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Ep 1 - Why do carrots grow underground while broccoli doesn't?
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Have you ever wondered why we eat the roots of some plants and the flowers of others? In this episode the children of St. Nicholas Parochial School in Galway find out from Biologist Marie Förg why we eat the roots of the carrot plant and the flowers of broccoli.
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