Food Dudes CLARENCE BIRDSEYE Frozen Food Innovator Joanne Mattern An Imprint of Abdo Publishing www abdopublishing com
Title www abdopublishing com Published by Abdo Publishing a division of ABDO PO Box 398166 Minneapolis Minnesota 55439 Copyright 2015 by Abdo Consulting Group Inc International copyrights reserved in all countries No part of this book may be reproduced in any form without written permission from the publisher Checkerboard Library is a trademark and logo of Abdo Publishing Printed in the United States of America North Mankato Minnesota 052014 092014 Cover Photos Getty Images Interior Photos Alamy pp 10 13 courtesy Birds Eye Foods LLC pp 11 26 Corbis pp 15 21 25 Getty Images p 1 Granger Collection pp 5 17 Public Domain p 7 Library of Congress p 9 Neil Klinepier p 23 United States Patent and Trademark Office pp 18 19 Series Coordinator BreAnn Rumsch Editors Megan M Gunderson BreAnn Rumsch Art Direction Cover Design Neil Klinepier Library of Congress Control Number 2014941017 Mattern Joanne 1963 Clarence Birdseye frozen food innovator Joanne Mattern p cm Food dudes ISBN 978-1-62403-492-3 1 Birdseye Clarence 1886-1956 Juvenile literature 2 Frozen foods industry United States History Juvenile literature 3 Inventors United States Biography Juvenile literature 4 Businessmen United States Biography Juvenile literature I Title HD9217 U52B576 2015 338 7’66402853092 dc23 2014941017
Contents Brooklyn Boy 4 Growing Up 6 Odd Jobs 8 Fur Trader 10 Life in the Wild 12 Understanding Freezing 14 Trial and Error 16 The Quick Freeze Machine 18 Building a Brand 20 Convenient Food 22 Inventor at Heart 24 Many Interests 26 Timeline 28 Family Legend 29 Glossary 30 Websites 31 Index 32
