The Secret of Baby Carrots
Unsung Science
English - November 20, 2022 08:01 - 26 minutes - 24.3 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.1K ratingsScience Society & Culture cbs david pogue technology science Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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If you type the word “carrot” into Google Images, you get thousands of photos of the classic root vegetable. They’re all full-length, orange, straight, and pointy. Which is a little odd, because 70% of all the carrots we buy are, in fact, baby carrots.
Or at least we think they’re baby carrots. Turns out baby carrots aren’t baby at all. And the story of their creation is twisty, uplifting, and super satisfying. It’s all about a California carrot farmer with a distaste for waste—and a frustrated ex-wife.
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