Refrigeration too is an industrial-level agricultural technology that’s a not-so-minor miracle. Meats now last weeks instead of hours or days. Perishability hasn’t so much been banished, as managed. Something as perishable as an apple, once subjected to some very industrial-era tricks that involve a near-freezing-temperature, blacked-out warehouse that had all the oxygen pumped out, can last more than a year. When placed in cool, dark, sealed, desiccated storage, wheat can last up to eight years. For fresh stuff, modern genetics improves durability to both withstand temperature variations and
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