Cargill

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Basics

"The agricultural giant that popularized high-fructose corn syrup began testing Intel’s Hyperledger Sawtooth before Thanksgiving 2017 to track turkeys through its supply chain as they made their way from farm to supermarket. Cargill has committed a team of engineers to work with Intel and enterprise blockchain startup Bitwise to help build Hyperledger Grid, which will track food back to its source—a crucial step in this day of food-contamination scares. By getting in on the ground floor with this Grid, Cargill could be in a position to sell its expertise to other suppliers. Full profile"

"Last year it became one of six partners (with the likes of ADM and Louis Dreyfus) in the Covantis platform—which uses the Ethereum-based Quorum blockchain to create an immutable record of every step in the process of moving grain and oilseed cargoes around the world."

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Competition

Pros and Cons

Team, investors, Partnerships, etc.

Team

  • Key leader: Keith Narr, VP, Cargill Digital Labs (2019)
  • Key Executive: David Cecchi, senior director, engineering (2020)
  • Key leader: Petya Sechanova, CEO of Covantis (2021)

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