A Journey Into Our Food System's Refrigerated-Warehouse Archipelago

The vast majority of the food in your home depends upon a complicated, energy-dependent infrastructure called "the cold chain." Frozen, fresh, refrigerated, or preserved, at some point, getting that food from the point of origin to your table requires cold storage or transport. This is a system that people rarely see, and are barely aware of. An exhibit by Nicola Twilley on this invisible infrastructure called "Perishable: An Exploration of the Refrigerated Landscape of America" gives us a glimpse of the refrigerated landscape of the food-processing world. Link -via the Atlantic

(Image credit: Center for Land Use Interpretation)

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Sigh. I'm in constant fear that my small children are growing up too quickly. They'd probably enjoy the experience, but for now, I'll settle for a day at the bounce house :)
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No, we do NOT all want to spoil our children. And they can learn that saying "no" has no bearing on whether you love them. After all, we are supposed to prepare them for real life.
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This actually is spoiling them. In the exact meaning of the word spoiling. Dictionary definition:- To impair or destroy the value or quality of (their young lives). The bracketed words are mine, but you get the idea.
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