第2762期:The science of making fruits and veggies last longer(5)

So let's just say that's not what we expected when we first approached them to talk about extending the life and quality of fresh products.↳可以说，当我们最初带着延长新鲜农产品寿命与品质的想法去找他们时，得到的回应完全出乎我们的意料。

But we can't change this thinking alone. And we're not a silver bullet to end food waste ourselves. But thankfully there are lots of start-ups, scale-ups, organizations and individuals all around the world working to transform this post-harvest space. And we're optimistic that our one small innovation, using common ingredients inspired by the ancient wisdom of plants, is playing its part and having an impact, reinventing the food system and helping to create abundance for all. Thanks so much.但仅靠我们自己无法改变这种思维方式，我们也不是解决食物浪费的万能钥匙。幸运的是，全球还有许多初创公司、成长型企业、组织和个人，一起努力改变采后处理这一领域。我们很乐观，相信我们这项小小的创新——用植物的古老智慧启发的常见成分——正在发挥作用，正在产生影响，帮助重塑食物系统，并为所有人创造更多的丰盈。非常感谢。

Thank you.谢谢大家。

Incredible, thank you, Jenny.太棒了，谢谢你，珍妮。

I feel like, when I buy avocados and then I bring them home, and then I blink and they are rotten. How long could you extend the shelf life of an avocado?↳我常常觉得，我一买牛油果回家，眨眼间它们就烂了。你们能把牛油果的保质期延长多久呢？

In your experience, maybe you have this, too, there's like a day, a day and a half when they're like, perfect. Like, avocado toast, cuttable, before you’re like, do I sacrifice them to guacamole? And so it takes that day and a half and extend it to four days. Maybe you're actually going to have a chance to use it before you throw it away.根据你的经验，你可能也遇到过这种情况：牛油果只有大约一天或一天半的时间是最佳状态——可以完美做牛油果吐司，切开正合适。过了这段时间，你就要考虑是不是只能做成鳄梨酱了。而我们的技术能把那一天半的最佳时间延长到四天。这样，你可能真的能在它坏掉前用得上。

So you're more than doubling. And when you're spraying things that don't have a shell, does it have a taste or a smell or anything?所以你们等于是把时间延长了一倍多。那么当这种涂层用在没有硬壳的食物上时，会不会带有味道或气味呢？

No, they're very neutral. So no taste, no smell. You saw we used a little of it. It's like a strange thing we do around the office, which is like, eat the fruit, lick the surface, like, confirm that. But we've also done it with credible other institutions, like universities doing these blind taste tests with strawberries. And you can't tell that there's anything on them.不会，它们非常中性，没有味道，也没有气味。你看到我们只用了一点点。在办公室里我们甚至有个奇怪的小实验——吃水果后舔一舔表面，来确认这点。但我们也和一些权威机构合作过，比如大学，用草莓做过盲测，结果是人们完全分辨不出来水果表面有任何东西。

Amazing. 太棒了