Food Systems Timeline and Essay Assignment

By blackbutler17
  • First period

    First period

    consumption of carrots increased over 7 times
    For the first time people could drink fresh orange juice or tomato juice year round due to improvements in refrigerated storage and transpor.Flapjacks were a big hit
  • Second period

    Second period

    Due to the war rationing started on January 8th 1940.
    Children were enocurgaed to eat more potatoes and carrots. They also made cartoon cherestes for the campaign.
    M&M's were created in 1941
  • Third period

    Third period

    Boiling Bags' were made - frozen plastic packs of food that could be dropped in boiling water to heat them for serving
    Quaker Oats Company made 'Life' cereal.
    Powdered butter was made in Australia
  • Fourth period

    Fourth period

    The artificial sweetener aspartame was approved by the FDA.
    The USDA announced that ketchup could be counted as a vegetable in the school lunch program
    First GMO crop plant developed
  • Fifth period

    Fifth period

    Three people were arrested by the FBI for attempting to sell Coca-Cola trade secrets and recipes to Pepsi-Cola.
    In 2004 The first Starbucks coffee shop in France opened on Jan 16.
    Watermelon and Feta Salad were very popular