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GrainChain Accelerates Farmer Payments With Blockchain
B2B Payments // March 29, 2020

GrainChain, the farming blockchain system for agriculture and farming business, has moved to the Symbiont network, Assembly, a change which the company anticipates will help expand its business, according to a press release. GrainChain currently works in Texas, Honduras and Mexico, and said it has...

Reinventing Shopping And Agriculture With Innovation
Today In Data // February 14, 2020

Developers, among others, are working on reinventing the mall, which is still a compelling retail venue. And payment flexibility could be one of the keys that brings the consumer back to these facilities. In digital innovation, vertical farm operators are driving a technology revolution with artificial intelligence as well...

Seattle Startup Delivers Discounted Local Produce To Low-Income Families
Delivery // September 15, 2019

The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest, which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. 15). The company, which launched in 2011 and has four employees, works with 250 Northwest farms to deliver...

Why Walmart Says Blockchain Can Improve Food Safety
Blockchain // September 27, 2018

Origins are all the rage in modern life: origin stories, family origins via DNA and digital ancestry databases. Add to that Walmart’s latest effort to gain more grocery market share: using blockchain technology to trace the origin of the food sold by the retailer back...

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Why Walmart Says Blockchain Can Improve Food Safety

September 27, 2018
Origins are all the rage in modern life: origin stories, family origins via DNA and digital ancestry databases. Add to that Walmart’s latest effort to gain more grocery market share: using blockchain technology to trace the origin of the food sold by the retailer back to the farms from which it came. The idea is […]

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Seattle Startup Delivers Discounted Local Produce To Low-Income Families

September 15, 2019
The Seattle startup Pacific Coast Harvest, which connects local farms and home delivery, is now offering a discount program to assist low-income families, GeekWire reported Sunday (Sept. 15). The company, which launched in 2011 and has four employees, works with 250 Northwest farms to deliver fresh fruits and vegetables right to people’s kitchens. The startup […]