- Author: Jeannette E. Warnert
Published on: October 13, 2008
Much has been made recently of the X Prize, a multi-million dollar award for specific inventions that benefit humanity. Currently, scientists are competing to build a commercially viable 100-mpg car and to land a moon rover that will send high-resolution photos back to earth.
Two hundred years ago, during the French Revolution, scientists were challenged in a similar way to invent a cheap and effective method of preserving large amounts of food. Canning was born. Preserving food by processing and sealing in an airtight container is a time-tested invention that has made safe, healthful food available to humanity year round - in commercially canned products and in the tradition of home canning.
The latter...
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