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The Global Food Crisis: Addressing Disease with Computer Vision | by Alexander Yevchenko | Medium

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If we’re going to feed the 10 billion people roaming the Earth by the 2080’s, we need better ways of growing food efficiently. The Needs of a Growing World You’ve probably heard the stat that more than 40% of food gets wasted — whether consumers throw it out after cooking their meals or it rots in the 18-wheeler headed towards your local Walmart. It’s true, the way we store and transport our food is extremely wasteful and deserves a closer examination. This renewed interest in the topic is especially warranted in the face of the hunger crises purging countries like the US, with one in five Americans relying on a food bank for their weekly calorie intake. After all, how can it make sense that we have food expire while not meeting the needs of a nation? Taking on a global scope, we understand that the planet produces more than enough food to provide everyone on the planet with sufficient calories, yet there are more than a billion people globally who suffer from malnourishment. For a lar

The Global Food Crisis: Addressing Disease with Computer Vision Alexander Yevchenko 19 min read · Dec 17, 2022 -- Listen Share Press enter or click to view image in full size Unsplash If we’re going to feed the 10 billion people roaming the Earth by the 2080’s, we need better ways of growing food efficiently. The Needs of a Growing World You’ve probably heard the stat that more than 40% of food gets wasted — whether consumers throw it out after cooking their meals or it rots in the 18-wheeler headed towards your local Walmart. It’s true, the way we store and transport our food is extremely was

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