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Outside the Box: The Story of Food Packaging
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Length:
44 minutes
Released:
Jun 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
The invention of food packaging is one of humanity’s greatest achievements. It may seem hard to imagine today, but the first clay pots made the great civilizations of the ancient world possible, while paper’s first use, long before it became a surface for writing, was to wrap food. But packaging’s proliferation, combined with the invention …More →
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Released:
Jun 28, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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