Susanne Freidberg, associate professor of geography at Darmouth College and author of Fresh: A Perishable History, explains how our desire for “freshness” has impacted our technology, community, and environment.
I tried looking up the "chiptracker" site but nothing came up. Does anyone have a link to this site mentioned on the FRESH segment of the show today? Thanks!
May. 13 2009 12:12 PM
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JP
from The Garden State
The reason out of season veggies have no taste is because they are “designed” to make a long travel to your food plate. This is just as true with organic out of season veggies or those “vine ripe” veggies. Yes even the $4 tomato you got ripped off by that you bought at whole foods in the middle of January… Organic does not always mean fresh or good for the environment. No matter who what or where it’s grown, if it’s not local, its going to taste like crap.
May. 13 2009 12:09 PM
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Gary
from UWS
Grocery stores play games with ground beef by blowing something under the plastic wrap to keep it from browning. Maybe also carbon monoxide.
May. 13 2009 11:59 AM
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hjs
from 11211
i saw sliced apples for sale in the supermarket and thought why in the world can't people cut their own apples. shameful!
May. 13 2009 11:59 AM
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TK
from NJ
The Stay Fresh bags are supposed to absorb the ethelyne gas that is released by the food, which prevents the gas from staying in the fruit, and helps your food stay fresher longer.
May. 13 2009 11:58 AM
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john
from upper west side
vegitables and food in general is fresher, cleaner, and processed more quickly than ever before. Vegetables form the west coast with refrigeration can be more fresh and shipped sooner under better conditions than locally grown vegetables piked and kept until market day. Conditions under which these organic vegetables are stored until trucked are not guaranted to be stored under the best conditions or trucked.
May. 13 2009 11:58 AM
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Gary
from UWS
Tuna sushi is blasted with carbon monoxide by grocery stores (including Whole Foods) to keep it pink. The same carbon monoxide that comes out of your car's tail pipe. All legal.
May. 13 2009 11:57 AM
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Scott Jones
from brooklyn
why does packaged lettuce have a funny smell when you open them?
May. 13 2009 11:56 AM
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lanvy in NYC
from Fleetwood
Do StayFresh bags that "help" extends the life of veggies for weeks really keep fruits and veggie fresh and healthful? How do those bags work?
May. 13 2009 11:52 AM
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superf88
When I realized (by seeing a "Nature's Promise" chicken with a sell by date 2 weeks in the future) that there is NO LEGAL DEFINITION of FRESH for foods like chicken and eggs, I called the FDA in Washington and asked the appropriate specialist where he buys his chickens. His advice:
"Every city has a store that kills and butchers chickens. Find a good one in your city."
May. 13 2009 11:51 AM
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hjs
from 11211
just because we CAN get tomatoes in NY in january doesn't mean they are edible. i would never buy most out of season vegetable just because they are so awful. not saying i need to buy 100% local but why buy those pinkish sacks of water they sell as tomatoes in the supermarkets.
May. 13 2009 11:18 AM
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I tried looking up the "chiptracker" site but nothing came up. Does anyone have a link to this site mentioned on the FRESH segment of the show today? Thanks!
The reason out of season veggies have no taste is because they are “designed” to make a long travel to your food plate. This is just as true with organic out of season veggies or those “vine ripe” veggies. Yes even the $4 tomato you got ripped off by that you bought at whole foods in the middle of January… Organic does not always mean fresh or good for the environment. No matter who what or where it’s grown, if it’s not local, its going to taste like crap.
Grocery stores play games with ground beef by blowing something under the plastic wrap to keep it from browning. Maybe also carbon monoxide.
i saw sliced apples for sale in the supermarket and thought why in the world can't people cut their own apples. shameful!
The Stay Fresh bags are supposed to absorb the ethelyne gas that is released by the food, which prevents the gas from staying in the fruit, and helps your food stay fresher longer.
vegitables and food in general is fresher, cleaner, and processed more quickly than ever before. Vegetables form the west coast with refrigeration can be more fresh and shipped sooner under better conditions than locally grown vegetables piked and kept until market day. Conditions under which these organic vegetables are stored until trucked are not guaranted to be stored under the best conditions or trucked.
Tuna sushi is blasted with carbon monoxide by grocery stores (including Whole Foods) to keep it pink. The same carbon monoxide that comes out of your car's tail pipe. All legal.
why does packaged lettuce have a funny smell when you open them?
Do StayFresh bags that "help" extends the life of veggies for weeks really keep fruits and veggie fresh and healthful? How do those bags work?
When I realized (by seeing a "Nature's Promise" chicken with a sell by date 2 weeks in the future) that there is NO LEGAL DEFINITION of FRESH for foods like chicken and eggs, I called the FDA in Washington and asked the appropriate specialist where he buys his chickens. His advice:
"Every city has a store that kills and butchers chickens. Find a good one in your city."
just because we CAN get tomatoes in NY in january doesn't mean they are edible. i would never buy most out of season vegetable just because they are so awful. not saying i need to buy 100% local but why buy those pinkish sacks of water they sell as tomatoes in the supermarkets.
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