Remember the blockchain hype? Well it turns out it's actually incredibly practical for food traceability and provenance. Governments around the world are starting to demand transparency around this, and in the near future it will be common for consumers to be able to see where their food was grown, processed, shipped to, and how long that took.
So, scan the QR code and pick the produce with the shortest supply chain. If consumers demand it, local food production WILL be a big thing.
Makes sense, although if I think about my personal super market experience, you buy one of two variants: local (grown inside the country borders) or foreign. I assume EU regulation already makes it mandatory to inform consumers of the origins of their product. May be different elsewhere of course.
In an honest world, yes. Blockchain prevents people tampering or revising the data, ie removing unflattering stuff like the refrigeration being turned off on their container, or stuff being sent to a third port, etc.
So, scan the QR code and pick the produce with the shortest supply chain. If consumers demand it, local food production WILL be a big thing.