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Maybe consumers can rise up to demand the change if the government doesn't. Boycott all growers who do not test their waters. If one farm can start testing and

• turc1656 8y ago
  How could you ever do that realistically? You can't consistently know which farm/grower the produce came from. Sure, sometimes it is labeled. But a lot of times it is not. Or a brand buys multiple farms and uses their combined output to create their brand name that they put forward to the world. The only case I see is when a grower has their stuff labeled or has the end-supplier label it and it is never combined with any branding with other growers. You also have no control over what any business buys and it would be virtually impossible to find out. You'd never know, for example, where the Romaine used at your local Chipotle was purchased. I also think you're giving way too much credit to human beings if you think they care enough to take action on this and boycott over this (even if they had full information that was easily available). They didn't even demand that the US government stop spying on them and jail the perpetrators within the CIA after the Snowden incident and after an investigative panel during Obama's administration acknowledged that the acts committed by the CIA's PRISM program were illegal.
  • ajoy 8y ago
    I wouldn't draw the parallel to the spying. Thats not something ordinary people have direct control over. What I am suggesting is to make the change by determining where your dollar is spent. A consumer has direct control over that dollar. Eg. "Organic" food. Consumers have shown a preference for it and that has led to more supply of "Organic" food. (I put it in quotes, since its sometimes questionable how organic it really is) But you are right, it's hard to track down individual suppliers/farms/grower. Maybe blockchain does have a use-case!
    • SmellyGeekBoy 8y ago
      We have very thorough food traceability laws in the EU (I develop software in this area). No blockchain required.