Protect produce: New startup in Seattle aims to make food last longer with high-tech fridge

Buying fresh produce and cooking at home can be a healthy proposition, but storing food in the fridge can lead to waste when the berries go bad and cucumbers lose their crunch. Now a new Seattle startup is coming out of stealth mode with a potential solution to spoiled food. Tomorrow is unveiling plans for its high-tech refrigerator that aims to make produce last significantly longer. The company is led by Outreach co-founder Andrew Kinzer, who says he has become an expert in “postharvest physiology,” or the science of slowing aging in fruits and vegetables. Tomorrow has developed technology that reduces water loss in produce with a patent-pending cooling system that can manage the atmosphere. Its computer vision system can recognize what is in each chamber of the fridge, which can also keep track of contents and notify owners when produce is running low. Tomorrow has run experiments showing improved water retention in everything from bell peppers to strawberries. It is not yet releasing photos of its fridge or revealing more details about exactly how it all works