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WHY IT MATTERS: Digital Transformation
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Get an introduction video to blockchain technology and see how it can be used to address global food safety.
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WHY THIS IS IMPORTANT IBM has been an early adopter of blockchain technology and now videos such as this one begin to show where this new technology can be used in real businesses. Here the video presents blockchain in use for grocery food traceability from harvest to store shelves, in the grocery industry. The video is not great quality but the content is interesting. 
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WHY IT MATTERS: this is a concrete example of a use case for blockchain that shows it is now possible to trace the products from source to consumer. Blockchain technology provides a "distributed" system that can be "trusted". Why is this important? recently the US FDA has recalled 207M eggs due to salmonella: with proper traceability this number could have been much much lower: https://qz.com/1252939/egg-salmonella-recall-how-to-tell-if-a-specific-carton-is-affected/
That is why Starbucks is also considering similar technologies as explained here: https://www.wsj.com/articles/bringing-blockchain-to-the-coffee-cup-1523797205
For more on the technology, see the video and explanation here: https://www.boulderai.com/ai-vision-systems-integration/