First the bad news: a new study published in the scientific journal Environmental Research Letters says food is a larger polluter than we knew, responsible for up to 40% of overall human greenhouse gas emissions—about double previous estimates. Taken together with previous research finding food waste reduction to be a top climate priority, this promises growing attention to food processing efficiency and traceability.
The good news: easy, affordable systems to label and track fresh foods through the supply chain already exist, giving food processors the precision of item-by-item tracking combined with the efficiency of ERP-style inventory management.