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One goal of such a thing could be to raise awareness on fruit storage, to bring tangible evidence of fruit interaction to people and encourage positive fruit storage habits. Things such as which fruits to keep together and apart for better ripening or longer preservation. This knowledge of organizing fruits (and vegetables) for preferable outcomes seems limited to the dedicated gardening communities by lack of interest elsewhere but could definitely come in handy for more people. | One goal of such a thing could be to raise awareness on fruit storage, to bring tangible evidence of fruit interaction to people and encourage positive fruit storage habits. Things such as which fruits to keep together and apart for better ripening or longer preservation. This knowledge of organizing fruits (and vegetables) for preferable outcomes seems limited to the dedicated gardening communities by lack of interest elsewhere but could definitely come in handy for more people. | ||
I would think that through photographic representation accompanied by short texts of these ethylene fruit interactions the information would catch more interest. For every person who actively preserves their foods a little bit better there is one less food item that will be thrown out because it looks a little bit overly-ripe. | |||
A convenient collection of data relating to fruit release rates and sensitivities to ethylene gas that I have used: https://www.mykitchengarden.info/2016/10/fruits-vegetables-producing-ethylene-or-sensitive.html | A convenient collection of data relating to fruit release rates and sensitivities to ethylene gas that I have used: https://www.mykitchengarden.info/2016/10/fruits-vegetables-producing-ethylene-or-sensitive.html | ||