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The humble carrot

Season 1, Ep. 133
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We turn orange this week! We are joined by the carrot growers association talking about their new competition for primary schools to get involved in. Mollie shares a carrot recipe you're guaranteed not to have heard of before and Darren has more carrot facts than you can shake a stick at.

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