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  • How did people keep food cold in olden times?

    08/10/2025 7:25:37 PM PDT · by kawhill · 37 replies
    vermontpublic.org ^ | Published February 25, 2022 | Jane Lindholm, Melody Bodette
    Violet, 5, wants to know: what was life like before refrigerators? And Ellinor, 6, asks: how did they make ice in the old times? In this episode, we learn about the history of ice harvesting and the industry that built up around it, where ice cut from lakes in New England was shipped to as far away as India and the Caribbean.