{"id":14402,"date":"2018-07-02T08:03:41","date_gmt":"2018-07-02T15:03:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/?p=14402"},"modified":"2020-02-25T10:52:34","modified_gmt":"2020-02-25T17:52:34","slug":"precision-agtech-keeps-food-fresh-from-farm-to-fork-from-iq-by-intel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plantingseedsblog.cdfa.ca.gov\/wordpress\/index.php\/2018\/07\/02\/precision-agtech-keeps-food-fresh-from-farm-to-fork-from-iq-by-intel\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision AgTech Keeps Food Fresh From Farm to Fork – from IQ by Intel"},"content":{"rendered":"

Food cold chain technologies such as computer vision, artificial intelligence and data analysis are tracking fresh produce from the farm to trucks to stores in an effort to reduce food waste.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The moment a strawberry is picked in the field, it begins to decay. From there, it\u2019s a race to deliver it fresh to the consumer. This was easier a few generations ago when most people worked in agriculture and lived close to food production. Distributing food today is more complex as more consumers rely on supermarkets to get food.<\/p>\n

Today, delivery of perishable food relies on what\u2019s known as the food cold chain. This vastly complex distribution of food from farm to fork relies on maximizing the quality and longevity of crops.<\/p>\n

Adding artificial intelligence (AI), computer vision and cloud computing to food inspections, trucking and refrigeration is bringing efficiency to food logistics.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is straightforward and pretty simple,\u201d said Dan Hodgson, a partner with\u00a0Linn Grove Ventures<\/a>, a Fargo, North Dakota-based agricultural venture capital group. \u201cThe environment around that crop, whether it\u2019s on a truck or a plane, has to be just right all through its journey\u200a \u2014 \u200ait\u2019s in the journey where it gets complex.\u201d<\/p>\n

Keeping strawberries at the right temperature, humidity and airflow is only one problem. The fruit also needs to be delivered to the right markets in the right amounts on the right days, where it will actually be purchased.<\/p>\n

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The food cold chain keeps strawberries fresh from farm to store to table.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cManaging quality means managing many different people at each stage of distribution and the different speeds it happens at,\u201d Hodgson added.<\/p>\n

\u201cSensors and cloud computing are helping to really get handle on it.\u201d<\/p>\n

That\u2019s where a smartphone app for food inspectors can help, according to\u00a0AgShift<\/a>, an agtech AI firm in Santa Clara, California. The company uses algorithms to assist with food inspection at different stages of distribution.<\/p>\n

\u201cLet\u2019s say we\u2019re looking at 20 strawberries,\u201d said Miku Jha, CEO of AgShift. \u201cTwo different inspectors might come back with two different results. What the technology does is to help those inspectors make more objective observations.\u201d<\/p>\n

Photographing produce and sending the pics to the cloud for analysis allows AgShift to leverage computer vision and deep learning algorithms to assess the quality of produce each time it\u2019s inspected on its journey.<\/p>\n

\u201cDigitization and automation really make an impact on efficiency,\u201d Jha said.<\/p>\n

More accurate inspections give sellers better insights into the shelf life and pricing of specific shipments of produce. Knowing the quality of each box of strawberries \u2014 and other perishables \u2014 serves as a baseline for many kinds of decisions in the food cold chain.<\/p>\n

Tech Before Planting<\/strong><\/p>\n

The food supply chain starts well before seeds are even planted in the ground. Produce farmers literally map out every inch of field with GPS technology, already knowing what factors could affect planned crops.<\/p>\n

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Taylor Farms uses a conveyor system to package lettuce more quickly. Image courtesy of Taylor Farms.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cWe have to predict literally a year in advance what our needs are going to be because we contract for all of our lettuce and broccoli acreage,\u201d said Bruce Taylor, CEO of\u00a0Taylor Farms<\/a>\u00a0in Salinas, California.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf we lose a customer, we\u2019ve got too much lettuce. If we gain customers too fast, we run short. And so it\u2019s a huge planning exercise.\u201d<\/p>\n

Taylor said it\u2019s so precise, the operation plants its greatest volume of head lettuce a few months in advance of the biggest salad day of the year in the United States: Mother\u2019s Day.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s important we nail the harvest on that one,\u201d said Taylor.<\/p>\n

Taylor Farms is known for being an early\u00a0adoptor of technologies<\/a>\u00a0like computer vision, cloud computing and robotics in the field, especially its move toward automated harvesting.<\/p>\n

Self-Driving Food Distribution<\/strong><\/p>\n

With the\u00a0buzz of self-driving vehicles<\/a>\u00a0in the news, it\u2019s easy to imagine the cornerstone of food distribution \u2014\u00a0trucking<\/a>\u00a0\u2014 would go driverless.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt would be a wonderful thing,\u201d said Steve Geraci, director of fleet operations at\u00a0Certified Freight Logistics<\/a>, a company that provides produce distribution for Costco in Santa Maria on the California central coast.<\/p>\n

Not only would it increase efficiency but it also would address labor shortages.<\/p>\n

\u201cRecruiting drivers is such a nonstop issue for us because over-the-road trucking is a lifestyle and it\u2019s not for everybody,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Geraci points to governmental policy decisions that could take years to sort through before food distributors get into driverless truck technology. However, there\u2019s a lot to be said for the advancements in the refrigeration units on Costco\u2019s trailers.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey have a lot of computing power,\u201d he said. \u201cThey\u2019re constantly monitoring the engine, the temperature, moisture and the inflow and outflow of the air circulating in the box.\u201d<\/p>\n

The information is transmitted to the cloud where the current status of the unit can be accessed in real time while the truck is on the road.<\/p>\n

\"Refrigerated<\/a>

Refrigerated trucks cut down on food waste in the food cold chain journey. Photo courtesy of UTC.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s something we didn\u2019t have five years ago,\u201d said Geraci.<\/p>\n

Food Cold Chain and Solving Waste<\/strong><\/p>\n

United Technologies Corp.<\/a>\u00a0(UTC) is working on food cold chain technologies aimed at solving the problem of food waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe grow and produce enough food on the planet to feed 10 billion people,\u201d said John Mandyck, chief sustainability officer at UTC and co-author of\u00a0Food Foolish: The Hidden Connection Between Food Waste, Hunger and Climate Change<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe live on a planet of 7 billion and only about 6 billion are getting enough food so that, right there, tells us that we have a 40 percent inefficiency in our system, where about 40 percent of our food never makes it from our farm to our fork.\u201d<\/p>\n

Solving food waste with greater cold chain efficiency not only means meeting the nutritional needs of the world\u2019s population by 2050 but also, according to Mandyck, it addresses significant issues of carbon emissions.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0United Nations<\/a>\u00a0reports that food thrown away represents 3.3 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you measured that as a country, food waste would be the world\u2019s third largest emitter of greenhouse gases,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Mandyck envisions reducing food waste by introducing basic food cold chain technologies to places in the world such as India or Africa where it\u2019s not unusual for half the harvest of a crop like tomatoes to be lost in shipping.<\/p>\n

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Using the internet of things, farms can better manage food waste. Image courtesy of New Holland.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cIf those farmers had access to capital to use a small refrigerated truck, they could get 100 percent of the tomatoes to market, get better return on their investment and feed more people,\u201d said Mandyck.<\/p>\n

Mandyck\u2019s team has helped design a simple truck cooling system for India and China, where the technology can get food to those underserved. While these aren\u2019t the intelligent cloud-synced trucks UTC develops for the North American and European markets, these lower cost refrigeration trucks maintain 40 degrees Fahrenheit, which can prolong the life of perishable foods.<\/p>\n

Perhaps the biggest waste of food happens in the richest countries where farmers sometimes let crops rot because they can\u2019t get a profitable price, supermarkets discard surplus produce, and consumers buy too much food and end up tossing it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we\u2019re doing is helping to connect the dots with people who are focused on this,\u201d said Kevin Fay, executive director of the\u00a0Global Food Cold Chain Council<\/a>. \u201cWhat we found is there are a lot of programs on food waste, but not a lot of are working together.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fay believes that solving food waste is a huge deal, one that unlocks solutions to other major global issues.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeventy percent of our fresh water supply around the globe is used for agriculture,\u201d said Fay. \u201cIf we\u2019re wasting 40 percent of the food we grow that means we\u2019re wasting 30 percent of our fresh water supply.\u201d<\/p>\n

New technologies like cloud databases and AI can help cut food waste. Fay points to consumer apps such as\u00a0YourLocal<\/a>, which alerts users about supermarkets offering discounted food that could otherwise be discarded.<\/p>\n

\u201cBy connecting the dots, you\u2019re able to feed more people, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, reduce waste of fresh water and improve the economic lives of society around the world,\u201d said Fay.<\/p>\n

Future in Farm Data<\/strong><\/p>\n

Time-to-destination is one variable that many companies like to optimize in the supply chain, and even more so in food cold chaining, said Giby Raphael, director of logistics and asset management solutions at\u00a0Intel\u2019s Internet of Things Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"Data<\/a>

Data is a key driver in improving the food cold chain.<\/p><\/div>\n

Making faster airplanes, ships and trucks only helps to a certain point, said Raphael. Feeding more into the pipeline helps achieve speed, but at the expense of excessive wastage and cost.<\/p>\n

Thus, a holistic approach to optimization is needed and the ability to extract high quality data from the end-to-end supply chain is key to reducing food waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere needs to be a myriad of technologies and standards that come together to make this possible,\u201d he said. \u201cThe technology is enabling cheap, granular and high quality data through the \u2018internet of things.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Sara Menker, CEO of New York-based\u00a0Gro Intelligence<\/a>, takes a similar global view in using data to decrease food waste.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat excites me is making data about the food ecosystem a utility,\u201d Menker said.<\/p>\n

She said information is one of the most powerful assets in farming, distribution and marketing. Yet getting access is one of the biggest challenges. The information exists \u200a\u2014 yet \u200athere simply is no central portal to get at it cost effectively.<\/p>\n

Menker\u2019s organization takes large amounts of global agricultural data on the entire food ecosystem and cost effectively synthesizes it for users, including consulting firms, hedge funds, governments and other groups.<\/p>\n

Hodgson of Linn Grove Ventures agrees that information is the key driver in improving the food cold chain.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe more I know about the soil and its conditions, the health of the crops while they\u2019re growing, the condition of a crop after harvest when it\u2019s on a truck \u200a\u2014 all of it means the higher quality product I can bring to market.\u201d<\/p>\n

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