Food Supply news and trends

Mastercard Uses Blockchain To Innovate AgTech
Blockchain // October 29, 2020

Trust in supply chains can be a tricky thing to achieve. It’s absolutely necessary to make them work, but they can be hard to establish because so much of how things actually move from Point A to Point B can be frustratingly opaque. Mastercard’s Senior...

Why Misfits Market Thinks Selling Imperfect Produce Is A Perfect Business
Subscription Commerce // July 23, 2020

To hear Abhi Ramesh tell it, he’s in two businesses. First, he’s trying to fight against the excesses of the U.S. food system, which is one that wastes more than 40 percent of all produce either due to excess production or cosmetic imperfections. Second, he’s...

Feeding The Food Supply Chain: How COVID-19 Is Changing Farming Nationwide
Coronavirus // April 01, 2020

As grocery stores are emptying and all kinds of items are flying off the shelves, those responsible for producing the food – the nation’s roughly two million farms and 2.6 million farm employees – are facing strange times, where inconsistency and uncertainty are the only things that can...

Blockchain Finds New Home In Retail Food Supply
Retail // April 01, 2020

Food retailers need to embrace a new term: digital traceability. It describes a new process that shows the importance consumers are placing on the origins of their food in the throes of the current coronavirus pandemic. And it could be one of the killer apps...

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Mastercard Uses Blockchain To Innovate AgTech

October 29, 2020
Trust in supply chains can be a tricky thing to achieve. It’s absolutely necessary to make them work, but they can be hard to establish because so much of how things actually move from Point A to Point B can be frustratingly opaque. Mastercard’s Senior Vice President of Innovation and Startup Engagement Deborah Barta told […]

Why Misfits Market Thinks Selling Imperfect Produce Is A Perfect Business

July 23, 2020
To hear Abhi Ramesh tell it, he’s in two businesses. First, he’s trying to fight against the excesses of the U.S. food system, which is one that wastes more than...