Article in the business section of the Los Angeles Times titled "Food tech could stop rot: No more brown bananas or squishy avocados?" Picture of a bunch of green avocados with the caption Food technology firms are working on ways to keep produce fresher longer, which would reduce food waste. Article begins Imagine bananas that never go bad. To Aidan Mouat, chief executive of Chicago-based Hazel Technologies, it’s not so far-fetched. His company makes a product that extends the shelf life of all sorts of produce — avocados, cherries, pears, broccoli — by slowing the chemical process that causes decay. Some of the world’s largest growers are using it to send their produce longer distances or reduce how much retailers throw away, and Mouat said a consumer version could be next. “I envision, in the next 18 months or so, literally selling a banana box to consumers,” Mouat said from Hazel’s growing office space at University Technology Park, a start-up innovation hub on the Illinois Institute of Technology campus. “You keep it on your counter, put a [Hazel] sachet in there once a month, and you have bananas that last forever.” Article continues.