NON-GOVERNMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS
NON-GOVERNMENTAL STAKEHOLDERS:
The Illinois Farm Bureau educates and informs farmers and supports legislation and lobbying efforts about agricultural issues.
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IBM is collaborates with Major Retailers and Food Companies, by exploring the use of open-source blockchain bases in supply chains.
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https://www.ibm.com/itnfrastructure/z/capabilities/blockchain-transactions.
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Walmart and other retailers are now
coming together with IBM to further
champion blockchain as an enabling
technology for the food sector:
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These are food retailers who are in the process of transforming their supply chains by applying blockchain technology:
Dole
Driscoll’s
Golden State Foods
Kroger
McCormick and Company
McLane Company
Nestlé
Tyson Foods
Unilever
The U.S. Roundtable for Sustainable Beef is an organization of the fast food companies, beef retailers, beef processors, and operators in the live beef production chain. USRSB has endorsed animal identification as a necessary component for measuring the sustainability targets in the beef.
The Illinois Specialty Growers Association (ISGA)
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ISGA was formed in 1989 to improve the coordination and cooperation among individual associations, and is an umbrella organization for the following affiliated associations:
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· Illinois Herb Association
· Illinois Irrigation Association
· Illinois State Horticultural Society
· Illinois Vegetable Growers Association
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CBC connects blockchain leaders in Illinois and Global Governments through meetups, symposiums, and conferences.
It offers courses and talks for designers, entrepreneurs, and developers, which are geared for investors, and start-up community.
Government Stakeholders
NationalConference of State Legislators.
Illinois Department of Innovation and Technology
https://www2.illinois.gov/sites/doit/Pages/default.
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The Illinois Department of Innovation & Technology promotes innovation and technology, encouraging collaboration between state agencies and residents.
https://illinoisblockchain.tech/@il_blockchain?source=post_header_lockup
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Illinois Blockchain initiatives
.https://illinoisblockchain.tech/@il_blockchain?source=post_header_lockup
Illinois Partners with Evernym to Launch Birth Registration Pilot to provide secure digital identity solutions for Illinois citizens during the birth registration process.
Blockchain Cook County — Distributed Ledgers for Land Records
US Department of Commerce:
FOR EDUCATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY.
Submitted for Legislative Advocacy at Chicago-Kent College of Law, Fall 2018.