In a world where the population is expected to reach nine billion by 2050, where two billion people suffer malnutrition, 30% of produced food goes to waste during production and delivery process, and food insecurity and climate change represent huge sustainability treats,optimizing inefficient food supply...
I recently read an interesting article focusing on the transition to an industrial economy to a service economy, signed by Dave Gray. As suggested in the article, the car is, perhaps, one the clearest examples of how the advancement of digital technology, demographic and economic...
The food system has a major role in achieving the sustainable development goals. Both in relation to the environmental impact it causes and the need for ensuring a healthy and sustainable way of producing enough food and quality food to feed an increasing population while...
Due to a worldwide fragmented food supply chain, food manufacturers have to deal with countless risks that impact the final price of food products. Therefore, attaining more relevant and precise information to optimize food production is a key technological challenge for increasing access to food...
Very proud of my team at Blendhub! After Murcia Food Bank’s visit to our company, we all initiated a very successful food collection, bringing together over 300 kilograms of food products- four big boxes! Inequality and poverty has increased significantly in Spain after the economic crisis- a...
Water scarcity is one of the great threats to the sustainability of the food systems. United Nation’s Food and Agriculture Organization estimates that the food production consumes 70% of the world's fresh water resources, mainly in growing crops and raising animals. But water is also...
The Food Powder Blends ANYWHERE initiative by the company Blendhub has been selected as one of the best practices in agricultural innovation in the contest “Challenges on Best Practices in Agriculture and Food”, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment. Blenhub’s initiative will...
Blendhub, Murcia-based group of companies becoming a reference of innovation and technology in the Agri-food sector, has conducted a food collection campaign to collaborate with Murcia’s Food Bank. Recently, this non-profit association reported the need for collecting about 500 tons of food "to assist a...
In the book The Risk-Driven. Four Questions That Will Define Your Company Business Model, Karan Girotra and Serguei Netessine argue that when designing business models, key choices can either increase or reduce one of the characteristic types of risks: The incentive-alignment risk. It refers to...
Some weeks ago, I enjoyed a fantastic “WE Day” in London with my family and thousands of true everyday heroes. The goal of these events are “to empower a generation to shift the world from 'me' to 'we', from a focus on the individual to...