Kangina
Food preservation is essential to extend access to nutritious produce, as well as to prevent food waste. But today most food packaging is plastic made from fossil fuels that end up in landfills, rivers and oceans and doesn’t break down. As we begin to develop more sustainable alternatives, let’s draw inspiration from the centuries-old practice from northern Afghanistan. They created sealable containers made from mud and straw called kangina which kept produce fresh for months. Today the answers will likely come from substituting plastic with bio-based and biodegradable packaging made from plants, mushrooms or even food waste.
— Wayne Visser
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