Agriculture in the City
September 20, 2019
Readers old enough to remember the 1960s, might recall the television show “Green Acres” starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a country
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In this blog, we discuss cognitive computing and other technologies with a focus on supply chain management and innovation. Other topics of discussion include digital enterprise transformation, marketing, the Internet of Things, and smart cities. Our goal is to advance the public discussion about how cognitive computing and other advanced technologies affect the world in which we live.
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Young MacDonald’s Farm: AI-AI-Oh
March 22, 2019
Children have been singing about Old MacDonald and his farm for the last century. A lot has changed on the farm over those 100 or so years. Jayson Lusk (@JaysonLusk), Head of
Agriculture, Logistics, and Advance Technologies
September 28, 2018
Current projections have the global population surpassing 9 billion people by mid-century. Feeding all those people will be a major challenge and we have very few years available to find answers. There
Digital Farming: The MacDonalds meet the Jetsons
June 29, 2018
When (if ever) people think about agriculture, Old MacDonald’s farm or Grant Wood’s American Gothic are more likely images to come to mind than the Jetsons. But farming is moving into the
Blockchain and the Global Food Chain
February 22, 2018
Blockchain is one of the newest buzzwords making a splash in the tech world. Most famously, blockchain is associated with so-called crypto-currencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum. It turns out, however blockchain technology
Smart Farming will Help Feed the World
June 23, 2017
It’s no secret that world’s population continues to grow and isn’t predicted to top out for several decades. All of those new mouths need to be fed making food security one of
Global Food Security: GMOs Safe but Not Curing Hunger
December 2, 2016
Most people know the global population continues to rise. Predictions that the world will reach peak population mid-century and then start to decline have been abandoned. The latest predictions state the world’s
Agriculture: The Jetsons Meet the MacDonalds
September 27, 2016
The topic of agriculture generally brings to mind scenes of waving grain, orchards of fruit trees, and/or animals grazing peacefully in fields. Children never sing, “Old MacDonald had a farm, E-I-E-I-O, and
Agriculture: Old MacDonald had a Farm, I-T, I-T, Oh!
August 10, 2016
Agriculture is one humanity’s oldest professions. Many scholars trace the birth of agriculture to the Neolithic (or new Stone Age) period around 10,000 years ago. During that period, humanity began its transition
Pressure Mounts for Better Safety at Both Ends of the Food Supply Chain
April 7, 2016
The food supply chain has received a lot of attention over the past few years — not all of that attention has been good. For example, on the supplier side of the
