Smart food industry: the blockchain for sustainable engineering

Summary
This book reviews the most recent engineering and blockchain technology literature on the status of the sustainable food industry, the next generation of future technology and future technology for sustainable foods, and the policy, social, economic and environmental aspects in the food industry. It is aimed as a reference for students, researchers and professionals interested in future food technologies.

Publisher’s summary
Smart Food Industry: The Blockchain for Sustainable Engineering, Volume II - Current Status, Future Foods, and Global Issues reviews the literature and scientific frameworks to present a kind of sustainability compass. Disruptive approaches around potential sustainable foods are also widely investigated in order to be an alternative route for the industrial future. Thus, this book proposes new concepts and strategies to face future sustainability challenges that are on the horizon and can impact the next generation of foods.

Divided into three parts, this book discusses the (i) status of sustainable food industry, (ii) next generation and future technology for sustainable foods, and (iii) policy, social, economic, and environmental aspects in food industries. Given the book's breadth, it provides readers with an invaluable reference resource for students, researchers, graduates, and professionals, in general, who wish to gain knowledge about the engineering and food processing area so as to achieve sustainable food production.

Reference
Deprá, E.J.L., Leila Queiroz Zepka, Mariany Costa (Ed.), 2024. Smart Food Industry: The Blockchain for Sustainable Engineering: Volume II - Current Status, Future Foods, and Global Issues. CRC Press.

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