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A Manitoba startup says blockchain is the future of the food supply chain.
Farmit Manitoba, News

The blockchain basics

A Manitoba startup is aiming to bring blockchain to the agriculture sector

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Winnipeg tech startup TheoryMesh is using blockchain technology to help agri-food companies share information and build transparency. The word “blockchain” may more readily conjure the image of cryptocurrency than of oats and pulses, but experts say blockchain’s future in food transparency and other ag application is pretty much a given. “I think we’re going to see some form of blockchain
Hackers are a growing headache for the agriculture sector.
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Cybersecurity incident takes down Iowa farm services firm

Biden administration is making these threats a high priority

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Reuters – Iowa-based farm services provider NEW Cooperative Inc. said on Sept. 20 its systems were offline to contain a “cybersecurity” incident just as the U.S. Farm Belt gears up for harvest. The co-operative operates grain storage elevators in the top U.S. corn-producing state, buys crops from farmers, sells fertilizer and other chemicals needed to
Ukko Robotics founders Daniel Badiou and Katrina Jean-Laflamme.
Faces of ag, Farmit Manitoba

Notre-Dame-de-Lourdes couple puts mechanical mettle to regenerative livestock farming

Faces of Ag: Ukko Robotics’ Rova Barn is blazing a trail towards automated pastured poultry and pigs

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One could say the origin story of the robotic Rova Barn begins with a young kid on a dairy farm who wanted to go to the beach, or on a family road trip, or just to Grandma’s for Sunday dinner. But milking needs trumped adventure. “We didn’t go on holidays when I was a kid,”
A recent survey estimated that about 60 per cent of Canadians have used QR codes at a restaurant or in a grocery store in the last month.
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Comment: The rise of the QR code

They’ve been around awhile now, but the pandemic has given them a new prominence

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QR codes have been in our lives for a very long time. Before the pandemic, we used them a few times a year on average, tops. Now, most Canadians will use a QR code almost every week, and in some cases, daily. Implications for the food industry can be significant. Once deemed a clever tool
Future Meat Technologies is already producing test products, including this cultured chicken breast.
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Cellular agriculture makes waves in protein production

Government investment, cellular food policy strategy and regulation are missing so far

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Scalable cell-based meat production is a reality now that the world’s first industrial cultured meat facility has been launched. Israel-based Future Meat Technologies (FMT) opened its plant last month and aims to have products on the market by 2022. The facility marks new market potential to compete against traditional agriculture and aquaculture sectors. Why it
Better bin monitoring data is key to better drying and that, in turn, could allow Prairie farmers to start harvest a week or two earlier, says Chandra Singh, an expert in wireless sensor technology for grain bins.
Crops, News

Better grain bin sensors could put you in the combine a week earlier

The key to an earlier start is being able to successfully dry down higher-moisture grain

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To some, new research on wireless sensors and automated fans for grain bins may seem like just another technical study. But there’s big stakes in play — an opportunity to move up harvest by a week or even two, says Chandra Singh. “When I joined Lethbridge College in 2019 there was a very early snow
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With 3D printed ‘steaks,’ Spanish startup eyes the mass market

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Reuters – As demand for plant-based alternatives to meat rises, Barcelona-based startup Novameat is using its 3D printing technology to manufacture vegetarian “steaks” that it hopes will reach the mass market next year. Novameat plans to sell its “steaks” directly to consumers and to businesses such as restaurants interested in producing plant-based meat, business development
Ransomware attacks have increased by nearly 500 per cent since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Comment: JBS ransomware attack highlights need for new internet

The growing problem points to the need for a new, more secure system

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Make no mistake: We are also in the midst of a digital pandemic of ransomware attacks. The recent attacks on Colonial Pipeline and JBS USA — the world’s largest meat processor — underscore the growing brazen nature of organized, deliberate attacks on increasingly significant targets, and our chronic inability to defend against them. What we
‘Food Action Hub’ platforms collaboration
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‘Food Action Hub’ platforms collaboration

Busy, far-flung community groups struggle to network and share resources, says Food Matters Manitoba

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Food Matters Manitoba’s new social media-like online platform will help busy and far-flung organizations network and share resources as they work to feed their communities, says Food Matters Manitoba. “It’s easy to stay siloed,” said Myreille Fortin, the organization’s social innovation co-ordinator. The hub is a place to discuss different experiences and learn from others,

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