Overview
Data – the world’s most essential ingredient
IBM Food Trust™ is a collaborative network of growers, processors, wholesalers, distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and others, enhancing visibility and accountability across the food supply chain. Built on IBM Blockchain, this solution connects participants through a permissioned, immutable and shared record of food provenance, transaction data, processing details and more.
Features
Increased supply chain efficiency
Run a more efficient food network by helping to eliminate bottlenecks in the supply chain.
Enhanced sustainability
Increase awareness of sustainability opportunities and practices in each step of the food chain.
Improved safety monitoring
Monitor food products in the supply chain to accurately judge remaining shelf life.
Fraud prevention
Make your supply chains less susceptible to fraud and errors with end-to-end traceability.
Reduced waste
Better track food wasted and food rescued while minimizing waste hot spots.
How it’s used
Farmer Connect
Increasing trust with a verifiable record of coffee’s journey to your cup.
Raw Seafoods
Using Food Trust to trace their catch from harvest to consumer.
Albertsons
Albertsons joined the Food Trust network and is piloting the blockchain technology.
Sustainable shrimp
Striving for premium shrimp that meets the highest social and environmental standards.
Boosting food safety with blockchain
Indoor produce grower BrightFarms aims to simplify and decentralize the produce supply chain.
Other market segments
Learn how various industries are creating a smarter, safer, more sustainable food system for us all.