Cargill Open-Sources Splinter, Its ‘Blockchain-Like’ Supply Chain Software

By AgFunder News

Covid-19 blew open vulnerabilities in the global food supply chain, and super-charged efforts from agrifoodtech innovators to fix them, writes Jessica Pothering at AgFunder News.

But given how many different actors are involved in getting food from seed to plate, the key to a more efficient and resilient food supply chain may well be something the hyper-competitive and proprietary agrifood sector has long been loathe to try: collaboration.

A new open-source software platform from Cargill is aiming to make collaboration the new industry norm. The “blockchain-like” platform, called Splinter, is designed to enable any organization involved in moving agrifood items from one point to another to coordinate logistics and resolve disputes.

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