Draft:Outline of the food industry

Food industry can be described as all of the following –

• An industry or industrial sector

• Food production
  • Agriculture – raising crops, livestock, and seafood. Agricultural economics.
  • Agronomy –
• Manufacturing – agrichemicals, agricultural construction, farm machinery and supplies, seed, etc.
• Food processing – preparation of fresh products for market, and manufacture of prepared food products
  • Food packaging –
• Food marketing – promotion of generic products (e.g., milk board), 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
• Quality control – food grading, food preservation, food rheology, food storage directly deal with the quality and maintenance of quality
• Food safety –
  • Health departments –
• Food security –
• Food engineering –
• Food science –
  • Food technology –
  • Food chemistry –

History of food industry

• Timeline of agriculture and food technology

• Food system
  • Sustainable food system
• Food preservation
• Food prices
• Food banks
• Food desert
• Local food
• Food storage
• Food loss and waste
• Fast food
• Food irradiation
• Food spoilage
• Food policy
• Food contact materials
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