Meet the American who cooked up frozen foods: adventurer and innovator Clarence Birdseye

Prolific inventor Clarence Birdseye, a native of Brooklyn, found inspiration to pioneer frozen food for American consumers in the remote icy wilderness of Labrador, Canada,

He was actually a college dropout. And instead of lecturing scholars, he lived a life of adventure in remote areas of the world, from the frigid coast of Newfoundland to the steamy sugarcane plantations of South America.  Birdseye ate anything that walked, waddled, chirped, crawled, swam or slithered. Frozen food rang in $65.1 billion in retail sales in 2020 — an incredible 21% increase over 2019 sales. "Birdseye was a product of the industrial revolution and thought everything, including food, should be industrialized." — author Mark Kurlansky Birdseye's patented flash-freezing process ensured that "the pristine qualities and flavors of the product are retained." The deal in 1929 gave Birdseye the resources needed to bring frozen food to the American consumer. "We can say that Clarence Birdseye has indirectly improved both the health and convenience of virtually everyone in the industrialized world" Kerry J. Byrne is a lifestyle reporter with Fox News Digital.

He craved the outdoors and loved hunting.