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Xploration Awesome Planet: Food

21 minutes 44 seconds

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Still image from: Xploration Awesome Planet: Food

Philippe Cousteau looks at new ways of cultivating fresh, nutritious food. He visits a farm in Los Angeles where they grow food on a parking lot, just to show that fresh food can be grown in an urban environment. This episode also looks into what distinguishes fruits from vegetables. The results can be surprising. Part of the "Xploration Awesome Planet" series.

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Runtime: 21 minutes 44 seconds

Topic: Health and Safety, Home and Family, Social Science
Subtopic: Food, Gardening, Nutrition, Social Issues
Grade/Interest Level: 7 - 12
Release Year: 2014
Producer/Distributor: Steve Rotfeld Productions
Series: Xploration Awesome Planet
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In the calm waters of the ocean, two orca whales breach the water as several more follow beneath the water behind them.

Beneath a dark brown cloud, a tornado rages through farmland. In the distance are low, stormy clouds pouring rain.

Woman wearing goggles and a wetsuit floats in the blue water of the ocean, reaching a device out towards a nearby shark.

In the desert, a cloud darkens rows of solar panels lined up as far as the eye can see.

Zoomed-in map of the terrain of Europe, with Slovenia highlighter in orange at the center. The surrounding countries of Italy, Austria, Hungary, and Croatia are featured and labeled, with their borders highlighted in bright green.

Small monkey in a tree gazes upward.

Person holds the invasive black and white tegu lizard up in a presentation.

Wide river with white rapids rushes away from us, lined by green bushes.

Teenage student crouches next to an orange bucket, holding a sample bottle. Her classmate works behind her along the rocky landscape.

Ominous shark swims amongst a school of fish in the ocean.