The Sebir That Bred The Frozen Food Industry
Background
In 1916, a young American scientist and inventor Clarence Birdseye went to Labrador, Canada as a fur trader. He noticed that the people preserved their food by keeping it frozen in snow for extended periods in the winter
Goal
Improve the preservation of fresh food
Problem
Fresh food eventually began to deteriorate when it was kept at its normal ambient temperature
Sebir
The preservation of fresh food was finally possible through building a storage container with freezing capability Because fresh food was kept cold, it was preserved for long periods
Historic Impact
When he returned to the USA, Clarence Birdseye started a business that led to the creation of the frozen food industry
Association Comment
Clarence Birdseye associated more broadly from the capability of snow to freeze and preserve food naturally and, in so doing, was able to breed a container ('freezer') that froze and preserved food artificially