Imagine living in the 19th Century, in a time when many Americans only ate the foods they produced themselves. Oklahoma State University researcher Anna Zeide joins us to talk about the development of prepackaged food – and how the industry earned the public’s trust. Her new book is called “Canned: The Rise and Fall of Consumer Confidence in the American Food Industry” (University of California Press).
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