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World Service,3 mins

Moving food across centuries

The Food Chain

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How did the Romans ensure their fish arrived fresh? Why did refrigerated shipping containers revolutionise the global food supply chain? Susanne Freidberg, professor of geography at Dartmouth College in New Hampshire reveals the answers to the BBC’s Mike Johnson. (Photo: Historical re-enactment of the founding of Rome, Italy. Credit: Giorgio Cosulich/Getty Images)

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