This is a good example of how Ag supply chains fail because when they work, they work well..when they fail, they fail spectacularly. We are dealing with perisha

This is a good example of how Ag supply chains fail because when they work, they work well..when they fail, they fail spectacularly. We are dealing with perishables. The supply chain insecurity and instability is the reason I advocate for local food and smaller farms to take care of food. Another interesting point is that all the food destroyed is classified as commodities or grown at commodity scale. I am a proponent of automation of Ag in small acreages for local food supply. Currently only commoditization of Ag get Agtech investment $$. I guess that is necessary, but imo, Agtech for food supply and localization of short supply chains hasn’t even started attracting investment ..esp for automation. We are going to need small local farms and because no one is going to be willing to drag a plough, we are going to need compact farm bots to automate most of labour and consumer sized Agtech to deliver food to be self sufficient. When supply chains are tight and taut, there won’t be any wastage.