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Big data, small farms and a tale of two tomatoes

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Erin Baumgartner |

TEDxNatick

• January 2019

The path to better food is paved with data, says entrepreneur Erin Baumgartner. Drawing from her experience running a farm-to-table business, she outlines her plan to help create a healthier, zero-waste food system that values the quality and taste of small, local farm harvests over factory-farmed produce.

The path to better food is paved with data, says entrepreneur Erin Baumgartner. Drawing from her experience running a farm-to-table business, she outlines her plan to help create a healthier, zero-waste food system that values the quality and taste of small, local farm harvests over factory-farmed produce.

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Erin Baumgartner

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Erin Baumgartner thinks about ways to use technology to shorten and simplify the complex system of the food supply chain.

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