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Supermarket

Customer demand revolutionizing the food supply chain

Are you sustainable, traceable, and transparent?
03/04/19 12:01 PM By Jonathan H. Harsch
Editor’s note: This is the fifth installment in our seven-part in-depth editorial series where we look ahead at “Farm & Food 2040.” This story focuses on the changing consumer expectations for food and how that’s impacting many aspects of the value chain of the present and future.
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NatureWorks plant

Bioplastics can boost plastics industry and farm income

06/27/18 6:25 AM By Jonathan H. Harsch
Traditional petroleum-based plastics that can survive for centuries are piling ever deeper across once pristine beaches and ocean floors around the world. According to a report from the World Economic Forum and the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, “the ocean is expected to contain one ton of plastic for every three tons of fish by 2025, and by 2050, more plastics than fish (by weight).”
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Artificial intelligence leads Cargill’s vision for the future of farming

05/23/18 6:20 AM By Bill Tomson
Jesús Ahumada manages nine shrimp farms in Guasave, Mexico, and for years he’s been using the same method to decide when the crop needs to be harvested – a mixture of experience and instinct. While he says he’s pretty good at it, he’s also the first to admit the computerized artificial intelligence system that Cargill helped install does it a lot better.
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