FFS 020 - Optimising The Food Economy With Blockchain

Like the combustion engine, the telephone, and the Internet before it, Blockchain has the potential to transform how human society functions. What would such a transformation look like in the food industry?

In this episode, we talk with Blockchain theorist Melanie Swan about what is possible. We explore:

• What 'Blockchain' is

• How Blockchain is transforming Big Food businesses

• Redefining operational efficiency and the transparency of supply chains

• How Blockchain can empower consumers

• Farm-to-fork transparency: instant verification of where your food comes from

• Holding Big Food accountable through real-time financial interest tracking of the businesses supplying your food

• Ensuring end-user data ownership

• How Blockchain optimises the sharing economy

• Community coins: local currencies enabling a peer-based local economy for sharing resources

• ‘The Uber for microgreens’: real-time on-demand peer sharing of overproduced local products with your neighbours

• How Blockchain can help in the fight against world hunger, malnutrition, and food waste

Links:

• The Institute for Blockchain Studies

• Broader Perspective - Melanie Swan's blog

• Forbes - 'IBM Forges Blockchain Collaboration with Nestlé and Walmart in Global Food Safety

• Banking on Bitcoin - Netflix Documentary

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