MORE ON DIGITAL ID’S:

Digital ID’s are unique identifiers that can be used to identify and differentiate a business at any step of the supply chain. A food hub or coop will need to issue some sort of digital identification for contributing farms, as this information gets included in any Lot codes for products they repack or produce.

A specific example of a Supplier Digital ID is GS1’s global registry for individual businesses, and directory of location identifiers (Global Location Number or GLN) for each step of the supply chain to simplify traceability of product movement. GLN’s can be issued for a business/entity, or location such as an address, a building, or even a specific bin or cooling room in a warehouse.

The Market Data Guidelines for Produce in Regional Food Systems were developed through a collaboration among USDA AMS Local and Regional Food Systems, Wolfe’s Neck Center for Agriculture and the Environment, and the International Center for Food Ontology Operability Data and Semantics. Funding was provided through USDA AMS Cooperative agreement #22-TMMSD-ME-0002