Food
Food is any substance[1] consumed to provide nutritional support for the body. It is usually of plant or animal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingested by an organism and assimilated by the organism's cells in an effort to produce energy, maintain life, and/or stimulate growth.
Historically, people secured food through two methods: hunting and gathering, and agriculture. Today, most of the food energy consumed by the world population is supplied by the food industry, which is operated by multinational corporations that use intensive farming and industrial agriculture to maximize system output.
Food safety and food security are monitored by agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council. They address issues such as sustainability, biological diversity, climate change, nutritional economics, population growth, water supply, and access to food.
The right to food is a human right derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), recognizing the "right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food", as well as the "fundamental right to be free from hunger".
Food from plants
[edit | edit source]- Dandelion wine
- Edible Leaves
- Flax
- Fruits
- Jelly Making
- Kim chee
- Mormon Basic Four
- Oils
- Preserving Tomatoes
- Sauerkraut
- Soy
- Taffy Pull
- Vegetables
- Vinegar
- Yeasts for Baking
Food from animals
[edit | edit source]- Butter
- Cattle
- Cheese
- Cheese making
- Chicken Cleaning and Preparation
- Cider
- Clotted cream
- Cream
- Dairy
- Ducks
- Egg dishes
- Eggs
- Evaporated milk
- Frogs
- Ghee
- Goats
- Gumbo
- Honey
- Insects
- Kefir
- Lard
- Mead
- Meat and food processing
- Milk
- Oils
- Rabbits
- Ricotta
- Sheep
- Suet
- Sweetened condensed milk
- Swine
- Tallow
- Tilapia Recipes
- Traditional Cheesemaking
- Uses for large quantities of eggs
- Whey
Salt
[edit | edit source]- Canning salt
- Halite
- Kosher salt
- Prague powder 1
- Prague powder 2
- Rock salt
- Salt
- Salt substitutes
- Saltpeter
- Sea salt
- Solar salt
- Table salt
Food sustainability
[edit | edit source]- Community Supported Agriculture
- Food Preservation
- Food coop
- Food miles
- Genetically modified food
- GMO
- J Point Donations
- Local food
- Organic farming
- Small Scale Vegetable Oil Extraction
- Solar Drying in Morocco
- Solar and Energy Conserving Food Technologies
Projects
[edit | edit source]- Aleiha's parabolic solar cooker
- Blue ox earthen oven
- CCAT's Vermicomposting Bin
- FBP Nutsy
- Corn Cob Charcoal Crusher
- Kiva's straw bale greenhouse
- Parabolic basket and tin can solar cooker
- WaterPod Rocket Stove
- Wild Chick Farm
See also
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| Cite as | RichardF (2006–2026). "Food". Appropedia. Retrieved June 9, 2026. |