Food Supply Chain

Forty percent of all food produced in developing countries spoils before reaching a consumer's table. Not because the food is bad. Because it sits in heat without refrigeration between the farm and the market. Cold chain logistics,refrigerated trucks, cold storage warehouses, insulated containers,determined what the world could actually eat. When refrigerated transport became cheap and reliable, diets transformed. Countries that once ate only local, seasonal produce could import fresh fruit and vegetables year-round. Meat didn't spoil during shipment. Fish arrived fresh thousands of miles from the ocean. The cold chain became invisible, but it was the skeleton holding global food distribution up.