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How Resilient Is America's Food Supply Chain?
US food supply chains face significant national security risks from climate change, weather disruptions, and heavy import dependencies. University research reveals serious structural vulnerabilities requiring advanced technology and improved decision-making from manufacturers, government, and consumers.
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Combating Malnutrition with Science
The global population is expected to reach 10.3 billion people, while climate change continues to threaten food production more and more. Scientists propose a new green revolution using alternative proteins, genetics, and artificial intelligence to address malnutrition and overcome consumer acceptance challenges.
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New Food Dye Restrictions Highlight The Growing Value Of Portfolio Optimization: Forbes Technology Council
The FDA banned Red Dye No. 3, giving companies until 2027 to phase out. This exemplifies why businesses need agility and advanced analytics to navigate regulatory changes, supply disruptions, and economic uncertainty successfully.
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Why Supply Chain Decision-making Is So Challenging
Supply chains remain broken primarily due to lack of trust and collaboration between companies and internal departments, not technology limitations. While AI advances may help, human collaboration still remains essential.
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Processed Food and the Supply Chain
The debate over processed and ultra-processed foods is overly simplistic. While some UPFs pose health risks, processing itself isn't inherently bad—it's about nutritional content and ingredients, not manufacturing methods.
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Securing Global Food Chains as the Climate Changes
Climate change threatens global food security through extreme weather, drought, and changing rainfall patterns. Agricultural yields are declining, requiring urgent climate adaptation measures, biodiversity preservation, and AI-powered supply chain optimization to prevent widespread famine by 2050.
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Is Vertical Farming Falling Flat?
The article discusses indoor and urban agriculture, highlighting its potential benefits like space utilization and resource efficiency. However, it also notes challenges, including high energy costs and profitability issues. Despite recent setbacks, some believe the industry still has growth potential amid climate change concerns.
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Happy New Year! What’s In Store for Supply Chains?
This article discusses key supply chain trends for 2024, including improved decision-making, digitization, risk management, blockchain implementation, generative AI impacts, microservices adoption, cloud operations growth, and evolving use of labor management tools. It emphasizes the importance of data-driven and decision-driven approaches in business.
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Shorter Supply Chains are Upending Globalization Patterns
At the height of the pandemic, there were numerous calls for decoupling from China to protect national interests. As supply chain challenges eased and cooler heads prevailed, calls for decoupling decreased, but admonitions to de-risk supply chains increased. De-risking supply chains often means creating shorter ones.
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Water is as Important to Some Industries as Electricity
This article discusses the looming global water crisis driven by climate change, population growth, and uneven distribution. It emphasizes the risks to businesses and calls for a multi-pronged approach involving governments, industries, and NGOs to manage water more efficiently and sustainably.