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Fruit and veggies get a little spa treatment

Aug. 26, 2009, Kentville – Fruits and vegetables can now spend a day at the spa, too.

Researchers in Kentville have designed a machine that increases the shelf life of fruits and vegetables and improves their flavour, colour and quality. Bob Stark and Katherine Sanford are with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada.

Aug. 26, 2009 – Researchers at the Kentville research station have devised a way to use
spas to extend the shelf life of fruits and vegetables, while at the
same time improving their flavour, colour and quality.

Bob Stark and Katherine Sanford, who work at the Atlantic Food and
Horticulture Research Centre in Kentville, discovered that giving
fruits and vegetables a sauna can extend their shelf life by 50 per
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