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And that empowerment in itself can help with resilience because it's not such a daunting task and doom and gloom. This is a positive moment. I think we need more of those types of wins moving forward, especially as we're having this change in labor force. In terms of technology and labor force, I've had a couple of conversations with some people in larger farms, do IT and cybersecurity.

And they were saying that they're hoping that AI will actually come in and help with some of their labor shortage issues because they can offset some of. that to AI rather than having to hire different people. And there's restrictions because of language, displacement of people, because obviously we all know that a lot of our crops in the United States, as an example, are not picked by Americans.

And they were saying that they're hoping that AI will actually come in and help with some of their labor shortage issues because they can offset some of. that to AI rather than having to hire different people. And there's restrictions because of language, displacement of people, because obviously we all know that a lot of our crops in the United States, as an example, are not picked by Americans.

They are outsourced. But we have this labor shortage now. because of other immigration restrictions and things of such. And I don't want to get into the politics of that, obviously, but they are hoping that AI is going to help drive that. Are you seeing that anywhere else in the world, that AI is potentially an answer for some of the food insecurity?

They are outsourced. But we have this labor shortage now. because of other immigration restrictions and things of such. And I don't want to get into the politics of that, obviously, but they are hoping that AI is going to help drive that. Are you seeing that anywhere else in the world, that AI is potentially an answer for some of the food insecurity?

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Yeah, and I think that's actually something that I think a lot about when it comes around. The food industry is intentional sabotage, whether it's a nation state or just someone who's just out for whatever. That's the part that scares me the most because ultimately cybersecurity we deal with is social engineering.

Yeah, and I think that's actually something that I think a lot about when it comes around. The food industry is intentional sabotage, whether it's a nation state or just someone who's just out for whatever. That's the part that scares me the most because ultimately cybersecurity we deal with is social engineering.

That's our primary focus, whether it's done via computer with ransomware or different viruses or whatever. It's ultimately just social engineering. And that's something I think we've lost focus on because we focus too heavily on the technology aspect. We are not focusing on people process behavior. That's a misbeat, in my opinion.

That's our primary focus, whether it's done via computer with ransomware or different viruses or whatever. It's ultimately just social engineering. And that's something I think we've lost focus on because we focus too heavily on the technology aspect. We are not focusing on people process behavior. That's a misbeat, in my opinion.

And we really need to start going back to our roots in that regard, where we need to think in the way that an attacker would, whether that's. I'm going to take an anchor in a simple capacity and drag it on the bottom of the sea floor and pull up this cable. Let's be real.

And we really need to start going back to our roots in that regard, where we need to think in the way that an attacker would, whether that's. I'm going to take an anchor in a simple capacity and drag it on the bottom of the sea floor and pull up this cable. Let's be real.

Like that seems like that's something somebody should have done a risk analysis on and the likelihood and the impact of it, if that would actually happen. And I'm not downplaying that situation at all. It does seem like something that would have been part of that assessment. And going beyond that with food, that risk factor is how we deal with being resilient.

Like that seems like that's something somebody should have done a risk analysis on and the likelihood and the impact of it, if that would actually happen. And I'm not downplaying that situation at all. It does seem like something that would have been part of that assessment. And going beyond that with food, that risk factor is how we deal with being resilient.

If we don't know the risks and the impact potentially that we could be looking at, how do we create a resilience culture, let alone a resilience plan for these types of situations? Whether it's somebody comes in and sprays the crops with something they shouldn't, or it was a mistake and it ends up being more toxic.