
Hog Butcher for the World, Tool Maker, Stacker of Wheat. It’s the Chicago of Carl Sandburg’s day. How about Preserver of Fruits and Vegetables?
It doesn’t sound like us. We are great consumers of fruits and vegetables, and no doubt some produce rots as it makes its way through our tangled rail and highway networks. Extending the shelf life of perishables is the business of an emerging Chicago company that has made growers and environmentalists take notice.