Apeel Sciences has come up with an innovative solution that gives longer life to fruits and vegetables
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Availability of food for all is going to be the challenge the world will have to face in a few years. Climate changes will lead to irregular harvests and this will inevitably lead to food shortages. So the need of the hour is to build a system that will allow us to feed the rising population in a much more efficient manner.
This is exactly what Apeel Sciences wants to do. A start-up based in Southern California, Apeel Sciences aims to become the best solution to keep fruits and vegetables fresh over time. They have developed a method to create edible barriers that the company says will help extend shelf life of fruits and vegetables. If this does work, it would be a revolution in the food industry and will reduce food wastage by a huge margin.
This also means that more varieties of fruits and vegetables can be made available around the world. Import and export can be done more efficiently if these items can stay fresh for longer periods of time. And this proves beneficial to both the farmers as well as the consumers.
The world has limited resources and we need to use it as effectively and efficiently as possible. Hence, preservation of food becomes as important as growing food itself. Such innovative ideas are what we need and Apeel has opened up a new world of ideas for entrepreneurs to explore and to work on.