Where AI, Blockchain and IoT are Now

If the wave of new technologies in the food industry make you feel like a lion searching for courage, you're not alone. "The food industry is kind of technology averse," Dr. David Acheson, CEO of The Acheson Group, told Quality Assurance & Food Safety magazine in December 2020. "They don't embrace new technology." But leveraging these tools, such as using blockchain for tracebacks or Internet of Things (IoT) devices to monitor a facility in real time, can have implications for several parts of the food industry. It's also important to understand that tech isn't coming to replace you or all of your processes.