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Retailer Carrefour Using Blockchain to Improve Checks on Food Products
Carrefour, Europe’s largest retailer, ensures that they meet general safety and ethics standards by using blockchain to track where products come from.
AgFunder: $2.6 Billion Invested in Ag Tech in 2017
2017 was a record year for agrifood tech investing, with a 29 percent venture investment increase in year-over-year funding for agrifood technologies.
Read more here, via Ag Professional.
Eight Ways Blockchain Will Impact the World Beyond Cryptocurrency
From banking and payments to cybersecurity, blockchain will allow us to exchange money faster and more securely, as well as make sure all data is verified.
Bio-Gene Serves Up Next Generation of Novel, Environmentally Friendly Insecticides
Agtech company Bio-Gene Technology is working to provide a range of products that will offer a safer way of effective insecticides on crops for future generations.
Read more here, via Small Caps.
3 Dow Stocks You Had No Idea Were Testing Blockchain Technology
As more U.S. multinational companies welcome the adoption of blockchain, there are several that are in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
Find out what Dow stocks are testing blockchain here, via The Motley Fool.
Shark Tank Eyes Hottest Agriculture Technology
AgLaunch focuses on connecting early-stage agtech companies with farmers by presenting them with new ideas on farming technology that covers all facets of agriculture.