# kaal:claim:3709041-033

**Claim.** Consumers increasingly favor genetically unmodified organic food from local and sustainable sources, yet the integrity of such products is usually difficult to verify, a verification gap blockchain technology can close.

**Type.** failure  **Support.** argued

**Source quote.**

> Blockchain technology can help ascertain the integrity of clean food for consumers. Consumers increasingly favor genetically unmodified organic food from local and sustainable sources. Yet, it is usually difficult to verify the integrity of products.

**From.** Kaal, *Blockchain Technology for Good* (2020), III.1.b Agriculture, page 20

**Cite as.** Kaal, Blockchain Technology for Good (2020). SSRN: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3709041

**Verify.** sha256 of source PDF `5216a7bca45a48e3bef11ec524936e66af737c0fd66271e9f6866dc20a4482cc` at https://raw.githubusercontent.com/wulfkaal/Academic-Papers/main/papers/pdf/Kaal%20-%202020%20-%20Blockchain%20Technology%20for%20Good.pdf

**Failure mode.** unverifiable food integrity claims  (family: oracle-and-input-corruption)

**Topics.** citation-and-knowledge, reputation

**Keywords.** agriculture, food-provenance, verification, consumer-trust

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