Blockchain Can Help You Get to Know Your Farmer

Mention the word blockchain, and the first thing most people think of is bitcoin. What some don’t realize is that blockchain technology can change how people work and how that work is monitored.

Case in point: supply chains that move produce from farm to table.

Typically, produce is harvested, sent to warehouses, then shipped to retailers. If someone needs to find out where a particular head of lettuce was picked, employees have to dig through stacks of invoices, which could take days. With blockchain, the information is instantly available, and those workers have less to do.

Blockchain could also hold ...