Food industry

The food industry is a global network of businesses that create most of the food eaten by the world's population. The food industry today are range from small, traditional, family-run activities to large, capital-intensive and highly mechanized industrial processes. 

Many food industries also lead into local agriculture, animal farms, produce, and/or fishing.

The food industry includes:
 Agriculture: raising crops, livestock, and seafood. Agricultural economics.
 Manufacturing: agrichemicals, agricultural construction, farm machinery and supplies, seed, etc.
 Food processing: getting fresh products for market ready, and create food products
 Marketing: promotion of products, new products, advertising, marketing campaigns, packaging, public relations, etc.
 Wholesale and food distribution: logistics, transportation, warehousing
 Foodservice (which includes catering)
 Grocery, farmers' markets, public markets and other retailing
 Regulation: local, regional, national, and international rules and regulations for food production and sale, including food quality, food security, food safety, marketing/advertising, and industry lobbying activities
 Education: academic, consultancy, vocational
 Research and development: food science, food microbiology, food technology, food chemistry, and food engineering
 Financial services: credit, insurance

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