A Tale of Two Food Chains: The Duality of Practices on Well‐being

Abstract

I n this paper, we honor Stanford University Professor Hau Lee, who is a great inspiration and thought leader in the supply chain and operations management (SC&OM) field. Our discussion centers around one of the most challenging SC&OM problems-food production, distribution, and consumption from dirt to table. We advocate and link our notions of emergent regenerative, organic food value chains (ROFVC) with quadruple-aim performance (QAP) that connects financial outcomes with ecological, human, and socioeconomic well-being. To do so, we first overview the systemic problems underlying the conventional food supply chains (CFSC) that render them unsustainable in the long run. In contrast, we introduce salient distinctions between CFSC and the new paradigm of ROFVC that uphold QAP. We believe the ideas generated in this paper can move the food systems' SC&OM design, implementation, and performance measurement from an efficiency-oriented industrial paradigm of large-scale, factory farming toward a more encompassing view of eco-responsible practices. In CFSC, the many hidden costs are cumulative and have broad deleterious consequences; however, in ROFVC, pollution is shunned and "taxed," and sustainability, as a public good, is rewarded by sequestering greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and maintaining biodiversity, living soil, as well as clean air and water. We conclude with research, teaching, and policy agendas. We believe that the underlying principles here cut across sectors by fostering the introduction of regenerative business models that take a system's view in capturing QAP in their value chain strategy and execution.

Interplay between Competing and Coexisting Policy Regimens within Supply Chain Configurations

“…Moreover, OM contributions to public policy raise CACP research queries with regard to associated spillover effects and unintended consequences (Catena et al, 2020). In this vein, feedback loops dictate the need for interdisciplinarity to inform the systemic reconfiguration of value chains across all stages to balance financial, ecological, human, and socioeconomic outcomes (Roth and Zheng, 2021) We therefore argue that these four agendas within the novel CACP context represent exciting new areas for OM researchers and those from related domains, to explore in future research. procurement under the Minimum Support Price (MSP), namely grains in the case of Punjab, will be procured in their entirety by government agencies, by either local state actors through Arthiyas (i.e., regulated intermediaries) or federal agencies The procurement of farming inputs to accommodate the expected demand requires upfront investment on the farmerend thus driving their majority (particularly marginalised and smallholder farmers) to seek external financing, often leading to excessive debt exposure.…”

“…Moreover, OM contributions to public policy raise CACP research queries with regard to associated spillover effects and unintended consequences (Catena et al., 2020 ). In this vein, feedback loops dictate the need for interdisciplinarity to inform the systemic reconfiguration of value chains across all stages to balance financial, ecological, human, and socioeconomic outcomes (Roth and Zheng, 2021 ). For example, what are the system or stakeholder performance thresholds?…”

The rise of regenerative hospitality

“…Moreover, it aims at moving from the traditional "doing less bad" sustainable approach to a "doing more good" regenerative approach (Hahn and Tampe, 2021). This regenerative approach has been applied, especially by practitioners, in fields including agriculture, architecture, landscape and urban design (Newton et al, 2020;Reed, 2007;Roth and Zheng, 2021;Zari, 2009). Regenerative agriculture, which focusses on the conservation and restoration of soils, provides a good exemplification of this concept.…”

The Use of Different Image Recognition Techniques in Food Safety: A Study

“…In recent years, large volumes of data have been generated in the food industry and distribution network as compared to in other industrial sectors, in particular. A range of data was creatively investigated and at varying phases within the agricultural chain to improve food supply safety [3]. For example, in preharvest, field, and weather forecasts, toxin contaminations on farmlands were predicted, and in the retail environment, contactless audits and record-keeping were performed for 1.4 million months, and observations of roast chickens' actual annealing temperature were carried out for food safety.…”