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E-Food Revolution: Interactive Tools to Feed the World

Event Interactive 2010
Format Panel
Organizer Elizabeth McVay Greene – Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Description The internet could transform transactions across the global food supply chain, from farmers marketing their own produce, to merchants making virtual trades, to consumers choosing products based on highly personalized criteria. This panel explores how the web can coordinate information and facilitate a more transparent, inclusive, and sustainable food system.
Questions
Answered
  1. Why are interactive tools for the food system important and relevant?
  2. Who is active in the e-food space?
  3. Will web-based tools really be able to reconfigure a centuries-old trading relationship?
  4. Who benefits from tools like these?
  5. How do organic, local, and sustainable agriculture fit into this view of the food system?
  6. How can tools like these be disseminated across the food supply chain?
  7. What kind of information is shared through systems like these?
  8. How will the developers of these tools establish a large enough network to make these systems influential in the food industry?
  9. Are there quality, health, or safety reasons not to start trading food and agricultural products with interactive tools?
  10. Will tools like these reduce the environmental impact of agriculture?
Level Beginner
Category Branding / Marketing / Publicity, Business / Entrepreneurial / Monetization, Community / Online Community, Green / Environmental, International
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