All Madeline M. Turner was trying to get her fair share of orange juice in the morning. However, the innovator grew tired of squeezing the juice from the fruit herself. What if there was a better way to get juice?
Turner invented her own fruit press, something that would take the hard work out of making juices from fruit. Turner’s Fruit Press was patented in 1916, and her patent became the blueprint for future development of fruit juicers.
Juicing has been around for over a century, but in recent years it has become even more popular. Juicing strips the fiber away from fruit or vegetable, and leaves behind the nutrients, allowing your body to typically absorb the nutrients more quickly than eating the fruit whole.
We see juice bars everywhere today, and many of us infuse juices into our everyday lifestyle. And it all started with Turner just wanting some orange juice.
Turner’s story not only shows that our people can be innovators in any type of industry, but more importantly shows that innovation often comes from experience. Imagine if we used our innovation to squeeze every drop of racism from our lives? We already have the juice to make it happen.