mactavish-west: you could take fresh vegetables, and you put them in the fridge maybe for up to a week. they'll just continue to decline in most cases.
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barrett: typically the freezing facilities are very close to the place where the vegetable is grown. so within hours, that vegetable is frozen.
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allison aubrey, byline: like a lot of us, olivia mitchell (ph) has had some preconceived notions about frozen food. she prefers to buy fresh produce.
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