Hi! I’m an industrial design student focussing my final major project on tackling food waste. I hope to design a product or service to monitor freshness and provide understanding on how to make the most of the food we’ve got.
I want to gain an understanding of what makes food ‘fresh’ and how the nutritional value of food changes as it degrades. If anyone would be willing to speak to me about food freshness and nutrition, providing insight in this area, it would be much appreciated. Feel free to get in contact by replying to this post, many thanks
I would honestly suggest reaching out to the cooperative extensions in your state or local university. This is their livelihood and you’d be able to get a lot of really great information about food freshness (nutrient loss in transit, etc.). In NC, we have the Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project as well as the co-op extensions which are great resources for this these types of questions/projects.