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Breakthrough for farm sustainability in the UAE
The Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, UAE, has announced the formation of a task force to reinforce the efforts of the National Farm Sustainability Initiative. Chaired by H.E. Eng. Mohammed Mousa Alameeri, Assistant Undersecretary of the Food Diversity Sector at the Ministry of Climate Change and Environment, and comprised of leaders from various significant food and agriculture firms in the UAE, the task force has an ambitious goal: to increase government purchases of local products to 50% by the end of 2023.
Author: Neha Rao
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Seed Group joins forces with US-based Farm to Plate to transform food supply chain systems with blockchain
Farm To Plate team is thrilled to announce our new partnership with the Seed Group - A company owned by the Private Office of Sheikh Saeed Bin Ahmed Al Maktoum. This exciting collaboration will enable us to expand our reach and deliver even greater value to regional customers. Stay tuned for more updates!
Author: Neha Rao
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
The Challenges of Food Safety in the Age of Global Supply Chains
Consumers, food brands, and farmers are facing a collective crisis: the constraints of the supply chain, which can hinder the safe handling, preparation, and storage of food. According to the CDC, foodborne illnesses affect one in six Americans a year. In other words, roughly 48 million people in America are impacted annually, with 128,000 of them being hospitalized and 3,000 dying as a result of the illness.
Author: Raphael Korobka
Farm to Plate Announces the Availability of Revolutionary Supply Chain SaaS Platform to Elevate Food Safety
Farm To Plate is the first food supply chain solution that will connect every stakeholder to the other, and make them part of the system. Uniquely, we connect consumers and farmers directly - enabling consumer food trust through transparency.
Author: Neha Rao
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Marketing & Communications Manager
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Blockchain Takes Food Traceability to the Next Level
It seems like the technology behind cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin shouldn’t be related to leafy greens, but the FDA says otherwise. At the beginning of February, the agency introduced the Food Safety Modernization Act Proposed Rule for Food Traceability to more rapidly and effectively help identify the recipients of certain foods. The proposal is part of the agency’s New Era of Smarter Food Safety Blueprint.
Can Blockchain Solve the Problem of Food Recalls?
Food-borne illnesses can be deadly. Yet when people hear about a food recall — even for something serious like E.coli — they usually determine whether or not they recently purchased that item and move on, not stopping to consider what the situation implies about the U.S. food supply chain. Food industry executives are, of course, keenly aware that these events are more frequent than desired, and that the process to track contamination sources and mitigate these crises is more manual than most realize.
6 Grocery Items Most Likely to Be Recalled, Experts Say
While you may have been lucky enough to avoid purchasing contaminated grocery items, food recalls happen every day. Whether the product contains undeclared allergens or is contaminated with harmful bacteria, it's important to know if the food in your fridge poses a threat to your health. To alert people about recalled items, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) keeps track of every released food safety issue.
Author: Sarah Wong
How Blockchain is Revolutionizing the Restaurant Experience
From the supplier shipping their products to the restaurant receiving produce to the customer ordering a meal, blockchain revolutionizes how transparency, quality and loyalty in the industry are delivered. When the word “technology” comes to mind, most people immediately don’t think about restaurants, but recently, a variety of restaurants have adopted blockchain technology for at least five purposes:
Author: Saptarshi Choudhury
Director Emerging Technology,
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Director Emerging Technology,
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Food Deserts: Jim Mason of Farm to Plate On How They Are Helping To Address The Problem of People Having Limited Access to Healthy & Affordable Food Options
In many parts of the United States, there is a crisis caused by people having limited access to healthy and affordable food options. This, in turn, is creating a host of health and social problems. What exactly is a food desert? What causes it? What are the secondary and tertiary problems that are created by this issue? How can this problem be solved? Who are the leaders helping to address this crisis?
Author: Jim Mason
Visibility is Key Blockchain Feature for Food Supply Chains
Today, one of the biggest problems the food supply chain faces is “a lack of visibility.” A tremendous amount of uncertainty has been introduced because sellers and buyers cannot usually see precisely where food is in its long journey from the farm to retailers or the groceries. Sellers without visibility do not have an immediate sense of when demand is spiking or dropping or when competitive brands may be entering the marketplace, so they often have to make decisions based on partial information.
Author: Saptarshi Choudhury
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
How Transparency Will Elevate the Post-Pandemic Food Supply Chain
Of all industries subjected to shocks from the global pandemic, few were shaken as severely as the food sector. Farms destroyed millions of pounds of fresh goods they could no longer sell, while meat plants fought to stay open as ailing workers stayed home. Grocery demand shot up, food service businesses plummeted, and logistical flexibility under immense pressure was the only route to survival. As they often do, extraordinary circumstances forced the adoption of methods and technology to respond to the moment. Now, there’s an opportunity to build upon that knowledge to improve food supply chain logistics and planning with a future-proofing mindset.
Author: Saptarshi Choudhury
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Consumers Want Supply-Chain Transparency. Are Food Brands Listening?
Sixty percent of global consumers cite sustainability and social responsibility as essential considerations when choosing which products to buy. They look to their preferred food brands to make the best decisions, but are those companies looking out for their consumers’ best interest? The answer varies from company to company. Visibility is crucial to the supply chains of food brands. Consumers need to be able to engage them about what they do, how they do it, and why they make the decisions that they do.
Author: Saptarshi Choudhury
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
Director Emerging Technology
Paramount Software Solutions, Inc (farmtoplate.io)
GDPR-Compliant Blockchain: Personal Data Privacy in Blockchain
GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) was enforced by European Union (EU) on 25 May 2018 with the main purpose of giving full rights to a person to whom the data belongs to. These rights include right to access, right to rectification, right to erasure, right to restriction of processing, right to be informed, right to data portability, and right not to be subject to a decision based solely on automated processing including profiling.
Author: Priti Kumari
Protecting the Food Supply with Blockchain
The promise of new technologies like blockchain—applied to such an essential aspect of daily life as the food supply—is both exciting and a good reason to look to the future with hope. Earth Day is the perfect occasion to evaluate where we stand with the environment and what can realistically be done to improve the status quo. One of the biggest challenges is changing the consumption patterns in developed economies, especially in that most basic category of consumables — food.
Author: Jim Mason
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