The Changing Food Landscape
May 18, 2015
“We are obsessed with food,” states a report from Acosta. “We research how ingredients are grown; we share photos of our food on social media; we fixate on our diets; we watch
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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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Big Data and Technology Poised to Help Agriculture
April 27, 2015
Everyone is aware of how significant California’s drought has become. If you are thinking, “Thank God I don’t live in California.” you can’t be faulted; however, if you think the drought there
Food Security and Science
April 21, 2015
Earlier this year, the Pew Research Center released results from two polls that indicate a majority of scientists have confidence in the safety of genetically modified/bioengineered foods, but a majority of U.S.
Food Security: A Growing Global Concern
February 16, 2015
Those of us residing in the United States consider ourselves blessed to be living in a land of plenty — one of the breadbaskets of the world. Mariana Chilton (@MarianaChilton), associate professor
Food Security: Don’t Let Fears of Frankenfoods Put the World’s Poor at Risk
November 6, 2014
This week voters in Oregon and Colorado defeated measures that would have required food products that contain genetically modified organisms (GMOs) to be labeled. In Oregon, where the measure was defeated by
From Seeds to Sows, Scientists are Adapting Food Supply to Climate Change: Part 2
October 24, 2014
In Part 1 of this two-part series on how scientists are working to ensure future food security, I set the stage for why researchers are working diligently to counteract the effects of
From Seeds to Sows, Scientists are Adapting Food Supply to Climate Change: Part 1
October 23, 2014
“When a team of researchers from the University of Delaware traveled to Africa two years ago to search for exemplary chickens,” writes Evan Halper (@evanhalper), “they weren’t looking for plump thighs or
Urban Agriculture: Feeding Them Where You Find Them
September 30, 2014
“Did you know that some of the largest chapters of agricultural groups like the Future Farmers of America are in urban centers?” asks Jeff DeGraff (@JeffDeGraff). [“Innovation: Old Crops, New Soil,” Huffington
Big Data’s Big Role in Agriculture
September 3, 2014
The world’s population is increasing. We all know that. We also know that feeding that population is going to require implementing a number of strategies. Some of those strategies begin in the
Crop Yields: Could Go Down when They Need to Go Up
August 22, 2014
Paul McMahon, author of “Feeding Frenzy: The New Politics of Food,” asserts, “Science shows that our planet has the biophysical resources to feed 10bn people. We already produce enough to feed that
