date:Aug 20, 2012
cifically.
Mixing that technical savvy with knowledge of farming is what it's all about.
It's helping people get closer in touch with farmers, closer in touch with where the food comes from, he said.
Still, there are huge challenges, Lan said.
Food is perhaps the last category not to be revolutionized by e-commerce, he said.
Certainly, consumers have increasingly turned to online sources for music, books, movies, personal goods such as shoes and clothing, kitchenware, gifts and home electronics.