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From Kapok to Cattails
The cattails you'll find in roadside ditches might not look like anything special. But as MN90 Producer Andi McDaniel discovers, in the 1940s in northern Minnesota, those reed-like plants helped the war effort and represented a good source of income for local residents who would harvest and cash in on their fluff.
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Editor: Britt Aamodt
Producer: Andi McDaniel
Editorial support: Emily Krumberger
Mixing & mastering: Chris Harwood
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