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The aim is to explore how refrigeration has transformed food distribution and its environmental impacts.

July 12, 2026Food and Foodways

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley, Penguin Press, 2024, $30, 387 pp. ISBN 9780735223288

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The aim is to explore how refrigeration has transformed food distribution and its environmental impacts.
Analysis of historical and contemporary food distribution methods
Discussion of refrigeration technology and its efficiency
Examination of fossil fuel emissions related to food preservation
Refrigeration contributes to 2% of global fossil fuel emissions
Increased access to fresh food year-round due to refrigeration
Highlighting the sustainability challenges of modern food distribution

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Book highlights the effects of refrigeration on global food distribution, emissions, and sustainability.

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In Frostbite, the podcaster, scholar, and author Nicola Twilley points out that global food distribution–the ability to get fresh food out of season–causes two percent of global fossil fuel emissio...

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Mark A. Johnson (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a5333754f7abc118adee0d1 https://doi.org/10.1080/07409710.2026.2698871

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Book highlights the effects of refrigeration on global food distribution, emissions, and sustainability.

Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley, Penguin Press, 2024, $30, 387 pp. ISBN 9780735223288

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Frostbite: How Refrigeration Changed Our Food, Our Planet, and Ourselves, by Nicola Twilley, Penguin Press, 2024, $30, 387 pp. ISBN 9780735223288

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