BusinessWorld
July 29, 2021 | 12:07 am
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A BOTTLE of jam is humanity’s triumph against time. As nature takes its toll on fresh produce, we manage to steal back a little of the food in our home by preserving it and thus, saving it for another day.
The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has made preserving food necessary on a smaller scale, personal precautions against the virus have prevented us from running to the store and back; but on a larger scale, supply chains that bring fresh produce to stores have been disrupted by the economic and human costs wrought by the pandemic.