Topic: Farm-to-Table and the Triple Bottom Line   In your replies…

SargentHeat18163 Topic: Farm-to-Table and the Triple Bottom Line   In your replies…Topic: Farm-to-Table and the Triple Bottom Line In your replies to at least two peers, address the questions below:What considerations should decision makers keep in mind or prioritize when components of the triple bottom line don’t agree—for example, when an environmentally beneficial decision may negatively affect profit, or the reverse?Which approach that your peers suggested in their initial posts do you feel would be the most effective, and why?Peer One: A few ways that the supermarket can incorporate the farm-to-table principles while still meeting demands are to source the products from various local farms, that can meet the demand in terms of quantity and quality. If there are products that cannot grow in the area, it could expand to regional or state farms that are still relatively close to the supermarkets. The benefits of applying farm to table would be that the local economy would be supported not only by the supermarket, but by the consumers who will feel like they are doing something goof for their own economy and would feel like they are making a difference. Some of the risks could include maybe higher cost of products, higher delivery and other charges that could accumulate by using various types of farms. The communication between the farms and the supermarket would have to be fluent and open about the type of product they could provide, the scheduled deliveries, and other details. The factor that would make me determine whether I would apply this to my supermarket chain would most likely be if the change will be supported by the customer. Things would have to change such as costs and some people are willing flow with the change while others are not. If the difference is not too big and customers seem to like the farm to table operation better, I would definitely make it happen. Peer 2: Some ways is to hire local drivers or drivers from those towns and have those local drivers get product from local farms. This keeps the local farms making money and that money rotates through the towns economy.Some risks with incorporating farm-to-table are it may be higher prices due to the farms not being so big and need to survive. A reward would be keeping that farm and the community happy by funding that farm in which that farmer and his or her family may eat in town and fund another small local cafe.Some factors may be the history of the farm, for example if it’s owned by a corporation or a family that has had the farm for 100+ years.  Other factors may be the profit that the company gets versus the good publicity it gets from the community. If the profit is down or losing than the company may need to go elsewhere.BusinessBusiness – Other