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Virginia Agriculture in the Classroom

Agricultural Literacy Curriculum Matrix

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Louis Pasteur and Pasteurization

In the early 1880s, people did not understand why food spoiled. Louis Pasteur discovered that small germs cause spoilage. He began working on a process that would help food last longer. Inside this graphic novel, the reader learns about the experiments Pasteur conducted and the process of pasteurization.

Author
Jennifer Lee Fandel, Charles Bennett III, & Rodney Ramos
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