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Origins of the Local Food Systems Movement in North Carolina

Supply Chain View from the Field

We kicked off our first class on “Local Food Systems” today, with a strong cadre of students from the MBA program, from agroecology, agriculture, and other areas. Nancy Creamer, Professor and Director of the Center for Environmental Farming Systems , kicked the class off with an overview of the history of the local food movement.

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USDA Funds NC State Study: Integrating North Carolina’s small farmers and producers in the global food supply chain

Supply Chain View from the Field

The Supply Chain Resource Cooperative (SCRC) in North Carolina State University’s Poole College of Management is one of several partners in a five- year, $3.9 million grant-funded project to build and evaluate supply chains for local farmers and fishers to supply large-scale markets in North Carolina.

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More on the importance of human relationships in local food systems

Supply Chain View from the Field

Ben Filippo is Food System Coordinator for the Carolina Farm Stewardship Association, a farmer driven membership based 501c3 non profit organization to help people in the Carolinas grow and eat locally. We help people think about the implications of state and local policy and how they impact the Southeast.”

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How to Weather the Hurricanes of 2017 (and more) with a Heavy-Duty TMS Platform

Supply Chain Collaborator

sugar will impact food and beverage production later in 2017 as the harvest is due to begin on 1 October and the full implications of the loss are yet to be measured. These disruptions impact industries as diverse as food production to manufacturing to retail and many others.

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What is Supply Chain Compliance and Why is it Important?

AB&R

In addition, several agencies such as the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) require unique device identifiers (UDI) usually in the form of barcodes to contain information such as manufactured date and lot number to provide traceability. A detailed report of barcode results, along with suggestions from our experts on how to improve.

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Supply Chain Disruption and Digitization

Enterra Insights

Other industries, like the food industry, are just starting to experiment with the use of 3D printers. And truck platooning is being experimented with in North Carolina. Supply chain professionals trying to figure out how to leverage emerging technologies could easily become overwhelmed. Blockchain. Footnotes. [1]

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The Definitive Guide on Produce Season Transportation Impacts

Zipline Logistics

The largest impacts start in the South and move their way up the US latitudinally – think Florida to Georgia to North Carolina, and Texas to California to Washington to Oregon. The Golden State is an invaluable resource to the domestic food supply chain. North Carolina. California. Heaviest Peak: May-August.