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The video, Botany of Desire, and the story, Apple Juice: Product of Michigan China, of Kelsey are very interesting and useful. Both stories have apple in common; however, they tell two different aspects of apple.

The story of apple of Kelsey is an example of the globalization and its impact to the economy. Farmers in Michigan have many difficulties to maintain their farm and business when competing with products from China. The lives of farmers growing apple and their families in China have changed thanks to the cultivation, processing and sale of products from apples to other countries such as US.

On the other hand, the Botany of Desire introduces the aspects of biology and history of apples. Apple is originally from Kazakhstan in Central

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