food supply chain
Farm-to-table network
A food supply chain is the network of processes that move food from farms to consumers—growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, distributing, and selling.
Disruptions at any point affect availability and price: The pandemic exposed vulnerabilities in the food supply chain.
The term often appears in discussions of food safety, sustainability, and logistics.
- cold storageRefrigerated preservation space
- traceability systemsMethods for following item histories
- expiration dateFinal day of validity
- pasteurizationThermal pathogen elimination process
- wholesale marketsBulk-selling commercial venues
distribution center · freight shipping · shipping container · agriculture · canning · grocery stores · bulk buying · carbon footprint reduction · crop rotation · inventory management · just in time · quality control · warehousing · farmers' markets · produce section · freezing · vacuum sealing · trucking
food supply chainhunting and gathering
Nomadic food acquisition method
subsistence farming · backyard garden · foraging · self-sufficiency · subsistence agriculture
food supply chainhunting and gathering
Nomadic food acquisition method
foraging · wild harvest · gleaning · self-reliance · subsistence agriculture
food supply chainfamine
Severe food shortage
supply chain collapse · food insecurity · food desert · starvation · food scarcity
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