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Hungry Planet | How Rice is Preserving History and Rethinking Nutrition | Episode 1 | PBS

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Niba visits Charleston, South Carolina to learn how Carolina Gold Rice became a staple of the U.S. thanks to the Gullah/Geechee community. Niba also talks to Dr. Terri Long to explore how her research on iron uptake in plants could fight malnutrition and anemia by revealing a path towards creating staple crops like rice that contain more iron.

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Hungry-Planet
Rice
History-Preservation
Nutrition
Rice-Cultivation
Cultural-Heritage
Food-Security
Healthy-Eating
Ancient-Grains
Sustainable-Farming
Food-Innovation
Traditional-Farming
Global-Nutrition
Food-Science
Agriculture

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