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by Sarah Amada

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Number of Words: 347

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by Sarah Amada

illustrated by Frank Riccio

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banana probably came from another country You can When was the last time you ate a banana? That get fresh foods from all over the world at your local

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Qo fresh mushrooms pineapples walnuts

eB cocoa beans potatoes

© avocados

Refrigeration is a way to keep food and drinks cold Transportation is the way goods move from place to place You would not have bananas or other

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Long ago, there were no refrigerators, freezers,

cars, or trucks People used animals or ships to

transport goods from place to place It took a long time, and food could spoil or rot People had to eat

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In the 1800s, faster ships could move fresh foods long distances from producer to consumer Businesses in New York sold ice from the frozen Hudson River to faraway places to keep food cool

Families used ice in metal or wooden iceboxes

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Refrigeration and Transportation Inventions circa 1844 Dr John f Gorrie builds an ice-making machine 1814 George Stephenson builds a steam powered railroad locomotive 1867 J.B Sutherland invents the refrigerated railroad car

Ice was also carried by train, which was a very fast means of transportation The trains had

refrigerated cars that carried milk, butter, eggs, fresh

fruit, fish, and cheese Soon shoppers in Illinois could buy peaches from Georgia, grapes from California,

and apples from Oregon and Washington Families

had more healthful diets because fresh food could be

shipped all around the country

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1885 Karl Benz

improves the gas engine for cars

1930 Frank Whitter builds the first jet

engine for airplanes

1949 Fred Jones

invents refrigeration

for trucks

1903 Orville and Wilbur

Wright invent the airplane

Inventors then found a way to use electricity to make cooling systems that worked without ice Soon

smaller, better machines could cool buildings, trains,

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“Transportation changes helped move food

farther and faster Today, planes, trucks, trains, and

ships all have refrigeration systems Food arrives by way of trade with other countries and reaches your

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Responding

Think About What You Have Read

m What are three foods that might come from other countries?

H How did using ice to cool food help people?

H Which do you think is more important,

transportation or refrigeration? Give two or

three reasons why

Activity Write an article that tells how new inventions changed what people could buy in the grocery store Share your article with the class by

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People at Work