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How Does It Grow? Cranberries

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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. Nicole Jolly and the "How Does it Grow?" team take us underwater and high overhead to learn all about this native American fruit.

Most cranberries harvested in the US are processed into juice, sauce, and dried, sweetened snacks. How much of the annual harvest is eaten fresh?

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