Food system
ALL PROCESSES AND INFRASTRUCTURE INVOLVED IN FEEDING A POPULATION
Alternative food; Local food systems; Food systems; Global food system; Conventional food system; Conventional food; Conventional food systems
The term food system describes the interconnected systems and processes that influence nutrition, food, health, community development, and agriculture. A food system includes all processes and infrastructure involved in feeding a population: growing, harvesting, processing, packaging, transporting, marketing, consumption, distribution, and disposal of food and food-related items.