GrainsWest Summer 2018

The Food Issue 2018 Grains West 4 Farm to fork goes digital How blockchain will revolutionize agriculture to the benefit of farmers and consumers By Trevor Bacque Origin story How an Alberta farm family built their own field-to-glass barley business By Natalie Noble Where in the world do our grains go? Feeding the globe with Canadian wheat and barley By Ian Doig 40 32 34 FEATURES TABLE TALK TABLE OF CONTENTS The world of farming and agricultural products is always changing and evolving. In our summer consumer issue news section, we examine a few of these notable stories from mobile agricultural robotic swarms (MARS for short) and Calgary’s beet-juice road de-icing plans to the birth of Alberta’s hops industry and the launch of a research project examining how fermentation makes sourdough bread more digestible. INTERESTING NEW DEVELOPMENTS IN FOOD AND AGRICULTURE 10