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The apple's epic journey from Kazakhstan to your kitchen

Author of 'The Light Between Apple Trees' Priyanka Kumar
Book Publisher: Island Press Photo: Priyanka Kumar
Author of "The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit" Priyanka Kumar

Renowned naturalist and author Priyanka Kumar walks us through her most recent book, "The Light Between Apple Trees: Rediscovering the Wild Through a Beloved American Fruit."

In her book, Kumar traces the apple's journey from its ancestral roots in Kazakhstan to Spanish orchards in the American Southwest and Thomas Jefferson’s "fruitery" at Monticello.

Claire is the producer and co-host of This Green Earth and host of The Local View.