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Plants and People, Carrots and Carotene

Philipp Simon discusses carrots, agriculture, and our human relationship with crops.

Aired 01/20/2010 | Rating TV-G

University Place

Plants and People, Carrots and Carotene

Special | 51m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

Philipp Simon discusses carrots, agriculture, and our human relationship with crops.

Philipp Simon, Professor, Department of Horticulture, UW-Madison Professor Philipp Simon talks about carrots and agricultural development before discussing the historical development of crops and agriculture to learn more about our modern use of crops. He explains the relationship between plants and people as well as the nutritional compounds of carrots and carotene.

Aired 01/20/2010 | Rating TV-G

University Place is a local public television program presented by PBS Wisconsin

University Place is made possible by the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.

University Place

Plants and People, Carrots and Carotene

Special | 51m 32sVideo has Closed Captions

Philipp Simon, Professor, Department of Horticulture, UW-Madison Professor Philipp Simon talks about carrots and agricultural development before discussing the historical development of crops and agriculture to learn more about our modern use of crops. He explains the relationship between plants and people as well as the nutritional compounds of carrots and carotene.

Aired 01/20/2010 | Rating TV-G

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