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Future Food: The need for technology in an antiquated, but still huge, pork industry

  • February 5, 2020
  • Louisa Burwood-Taylor
In a world of African Swine Fever, increasing scrutiny of the meat industry and consumer demand for transparency, the pork industry needs to modernize. But according to Chris Bomgaars, founder of EveryPig, many in the industry are reticent to move on.

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