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Winnipeg Free Press: Fields on Wheels casts eyes on food supply chain links

December 9, 2024 — 

Long before the words “supply chain disruption” became common parlance, Barry Prentice, a professor at the Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba, helped create its department of supply chain management.

Known for, among other things, his enthusiasm for the potential airships could have in opening up the movement of goods in the North, Prentice also organizes the annual Fields on Wheels conference that invites experts to focus on issue of agribusiness logistics.

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