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America’s food pantries find rising need leading to empty shelves as Thanksgiving arrives

With the economy stuck in neutral, more and more people are turning to food pantries for assistance at the same time that donations and government funding are drying up. It’s put food pantries in a precarious situation.

Live in a cold state? Here’s an easy way to cut your winter electric bill

Environment

Living on Earth Updates

Germany’s Green Fridge

The World

Ice Box Man

Cool Fix for a Hot Planet

Listener Steve McArthur tells us how an insulated refrigerator can cool a hot kitchen in the summer.

Almanac/The Big Freeze

This week, we have facts about the first frozen peas. Ninety-one years ago, a naturalist discovered the secret of freezing foods while fishing in the Arctic tundra.

Almanac/First Refrigerator

This week, we have facts about refrigeration. In 1851, a doctor gave up his medical career and received a patent for a prototype of mechanical refrigeration.

The World

Bulk Food

Commentator Bonnie Auslander laments the days when food that came in pretty packaging ruled her pantry

The World

Your take: the state of your refrigerator

Business, Economics and Jobs

In the days before President Obama’s State of the Union address, we asked listeners to send us their take…about the state of their refrigerator. Does what’s in your fridge indicate who you are and how you’re doing?