b'Once the Olds College Smart Farm team harvested the barley, it was sent to Red Shed Malting for a three-step process of steeping, germination and kilning. Upon completion of the malting process, the barley was transported back to the on-campus Olds College Brewery for brewing and packaging by brewery students and staff.The variety used for brewing was CDC Copeland, developed by Bryan Harvey from the Crop Development Centre at the University of Saskatchewan. It was grown by Westway Farms of Didsbury, Alta., operated by seed grower Tom Hadway.The final product is a fully traceable beer packaged with a QR code created by Grain Discovery, which once scanned from a mobile device, provides consumers with a complete storyline of its journey from field to glass. View the storyline at fieldtoglass.ca.Barley Trail is the first Olds College Brewery beer to use blockchain technology. Our customers will be able to scan the QR code found on the label of every can revealing everything about the beer, from its ingredients to the brewing methods, says David Claveau, general manager of Olds College Brewery.The idea to use blockchain technology to create a beer is part of a larger initiative by Grain Discovery to building an end-to-end digital solution for the Canadian agricultural industry. The goal is to track malt barley through the value chain, providing certification, quality assurances, and tapping into theUnder new traceability rules in the upcoming federal Safe Food for Canadians sustainability movement of the craft beer industry. Regulations, most brewers will be required to implement and maintain a Rory OSullivan, founder and CEO of Grain Discovery, notestraceability system that tracks the movement of food one step forward and one step back.that under the new traceability rules in the upcoming federal Safe Food for Canadians Regulations, most brewers will be requiredThat project represented the first time blockchain had been to implement and maintain a traceability system which tracks theused in the seed industry, and the fact blockchain is now being movement of food one step forward and one step back. used to bolster the value of malt barley is something CSGAs For craft breweries, the market has exploded over the pastManaging Director of certification and Technology Services 10 years. At the same time, people increasingly want to knowDoug Miller says shows the willingness of value chains to where their food has come from, so technology that allowsembrace this technology and create new value-added products. for that kind of traceability has so much potential, he says.This demonstrates a longer-term vision for creating a system Blockchain technology enhances the current supply chainthat any of the 50-plus crop kinds CSGA deals with can utilize. systems by connecting disparate datasets and adding value toWhether its from a traceability/transparency, risk mitigation, or end consumer product. efficiency perspectiveif theres a desire to connect to these The Barley Trail lager project serves as a follow-up to a 2019value chains, CSGA can help facilitate that, Miller says.pilot project spearheaded by Grain Discovery and the Canadianwith files from Olds College and Grain DiscoverySeed Growers Association to create a fully traceable tofu product.Marc ZienkiewiczFall 2020 45'