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How refrigeration took over the world

2025-09-26 00:00:00 +0000 UTC ·23m 29s ·by NPR
How refrigeration took over the world
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About this episode

The next time you open your fridge, take a second to behold the miracles inside of it: Raspberries from California, butter from New Zealand, steak from Nebraska. None of that would have been remotely possible before the creation of the cold chain. The cold chain is the name for the end-to-end refrig