Food Industry

The food industry is a complex, global collective of diverse businesses that supply much of the food energy consumed by the world population. Only subsistence farmers, those who survive on what they grow, can be considered outside of the scope of the modern food industry.

The food industry includes:

  • Regulation: local, regional, national and international rules and regulations for food production and sale, including food quality and food safety, and industry lobbying activities
  • Education: academic, vocational, consultancy
  • Research and development: food technology
  • Financial services insurance, credit
  • Manufacturing: agrichemicals, seed, farm machinery and supplies, agricultural construction, etc.
  • Agriculture: raising of crops and livestock, seafood
  • Food processing: preparation of fresh products for market, manufacture of prepared food products
  • Marketing: promotion of generic products (e.g. milk board), new products, public opinion, through advertising, packaging, public relations, etc.
  • Wholesale and distribution: warehousing, transportation, logistics

Read more about Food Industry:  Industry Size, Agriculture, Food Processing, Wholesale and Distribution, Retail, Food Industry Technologies, Marketing, Media & Marketing, Labour and Education, Prominent Food Companies

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