The budget for doing nothing exceeds US$10,000,000
Mondelez International has issued a voluntary recall for some of its Ritz Crackers products due to a potential risk of salmonella. Wait. What?
CryptoDisrupt: Peter Gabriel invests in UK-based blockchain startup Provenance
Legendary musician Peter Gabriel brings his name, network and investment to leading UK blockchain startup Provenance.org. MORE >>>
New Republic: America’s Enduring Failure to Prevent Food-Borne Illness
Five dead and 216 sickened across 36 states. Why don’t we have a system that lets us track food-borne contamination back to the source — quickly?
Don’t discount the potential behind Bitcoin and virtual currencies
Repost from January 20, 2014: Critics are quick to judge Bitcoin and the concept of virtual currencies. These technologies do indeed possess many risks. But once “cryptocurrencies” are fully baked, virtual currencies could do to transactions what the Internet did to information. MORE >>>
WSJ: Walmart-Led Blockchain Effort Seeks Farm-to-Grocery-Aisle View of Food Supply Chain
Blockchain News: Subway Jumps on FoodLogiQ Supply Chain Pilot
FoodLogiQ is partnering with Subway, AgBiome Innovations, Testo, Tyson Foods and others in the project, which is set to kick off in Q3 of this year. MORE >>>
Forbes: From farm to plate, blockchain dishes up simple food tracking
Financial Times: Blockchain may have started life as the technology underlying cryptocurrencies such as bitcoin but it is quietly starting to revolutionise a far more prosaic sector: the world of food and drink. MORE >>>
Food Safety News: Romaine E. coli outbreak claims 4 more lives
Food Safety News: “Outbreak investigators have been trying to trace the romaine for two months, but they still can’t determine who grew, processed and shipped the implicated produce.” MORE >>>
CCN: Australia launches blockchain-based supply chain proof of concept
In terms of blockchain adoption for supply chain, other countries seem to be moving further, faster than the US. Thoughts?