METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING AND REPORTING ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF FOOD PRODUCTS
First Claim
1. An apparatus, comprising:
- a hand-held device including;
a display; and
one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation;
the hand-held device including at least one processor to;
a) determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia;
b) send the identification code to at least one remote server;
c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including environmental impact information that is associated with the production of the food product; and
d) display at least some of the received environmental impact information on the display in human readable form.
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Abstract
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include methods and apparatus for tracking and reporting the environmental impact of food products. In an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a hand-held device including a display and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation. The hand-held device includes at least one processor to determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; send the identification code to at least one remote server; receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including environmental impact information that is associated with the production of the food product; and display at least some of the received environmental impact information on the display in human readable form.
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1. An apparatus, comprising:
a hand-held device including; a display; and one or more input devices to sense product identification indicia associated with or affixed to a food product that is grown or raised in an agricultural operation; the hand-held device including at least one processor to; a) determine a machine-readable identification code from the product identification indicia; b) send the identification code to at least one remote server; c) receive, from the at least one remote server, information that is associated with the product, the information including environmental impact information that is associated with the production of the food product; and d) display at least some of the received environmental impact information on the display in human readable form. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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3. (canceled)
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25. A system comprising one or more processors to:
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a) receive an identification code from one or more input devices, the identification code corresponding to a food product; b) receive or store information that is associated with the product, the information including environmental impact information that is associated with the production of the food product; and c) send to a display, in response to receiving the identification code, at least some of the environmental impact information. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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