This brick house in Fremont was the home of Daniel and Dorothy Gerber. If you have cared for a baby or not that last name is probably familiar to you. I know when my kids were babies we went through a lot of those little jars of baby food with the Gerber label on them. In 1927, When the Gerber’s children were babies, a physician recommended they eat strained vegetables. After cooking and painstakingly straining the vegetables she told her husband that there had to be a better way. Daniel’s family owned the Fremont Canning Company. They could can pureed tomato sauce, why not strained vegetables. After a little bit of trial and error, they came up with their first five flavors. They were a big hit and within six months Gerber baby food was sold in stores across America. Ther Gerber house is now a bed and breakfast and the Gerber processing plant in Fremont still produces Gerber products.
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