# How the fridge changed food

- Institution: TED
- Department: TED Countdown Summit 2025
- Speaker: Nicola Twilley
- Year: 2025
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Medicine and health, Earth and environment
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/nicola_twilley_how_the_fridge_changed_food)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

What if your kitchen fridge is just the tip of an iceberg that's reshaping the world? Food storyteller Nicola Twilley reveals how the massive “artificial Arctic” we built to keep our food fresh is simultaneously melting the real one. She shows why we're at a critical moment to rethink our relationship with the cold chain and refrigeration — and explores the emerging technologies that could keep food fresh without putting the planet on thin ice.

## Lectures

1. [How the fridge changed food](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/nicola_twilley_how_the_fridge_changed_food/8a1786ea9455), 12 min (TED's player)