Water and food will be major sources of conflict in the future unless better distribution and economic regulations are put in place.

The Smurfs shared everything. The food in the Smurf village was stored away in those mushrooms the minute it was harvested and then equally distributed to all the Smurfs throughout the year. No one "farmer Smurf" sold his crop to a "consumer Smurf," or saw his labor exploited by another.

Consumers everywhere are increasingly conscious of the quality of the food they eat. Puratos develops, produces and distributes worldwide a range of ingredients for bakers, pastry-chefs and chocolatiers who demand the very highest quality.

Afghan widows line up to get their food rations at a Care International food distribution centre in Kabul.

By Nidal al-Mughrabi GAZA (Reuters) - A U.N. agency said on Monday it would have to suspend food distribution to 860,000 Palestinians in the Gaza Strip as early as Wednesday unless Israel eased the border blockade it imposed on the Hamas-controlled...

The food industry is the complex, global collective of diverse businesses that together 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 activitiesEducation: academic, vocational, consultancyResearch and development: food technologyFinancial services insurance, creditManufacturing: agrichemicals, seed, farm machinery and supplies, agricultural construction, etc.Agriculture: raising of crops and livestock, seafoodFood processing: preparation of fresh products for market, manufacture of prepared food productsMarketing: promotion of generic products (e.g. milk board), new products, public opinion, through advertising, packaging, public relations, etcWholesale and distribution: warehousing, transportation, logisticsRetail: supermarket chains and independent food stores, direct-to-consumer, restaurant, food services