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The food and fiber system is the sector of the U.S. economy that includes agricultural production and all economic activities supporting or utilizing that production, including farm machinery and chemical production, and processing, manufacturing, transportation, and retailing. In 2000, the food and fiber system employed 24.1 million workers, or 17.1% of the U.S. employment, and accounted for $1,264 billion, or 12.8% of the gross domestic product. Farming is one of the smaller components of the system, accounting for 1.2% of U.S. employment and $82 billion in value added to GDP.

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Food and fiber system

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The food and fiber system is the sector of the U.S. economy that includes agricultural production and all economic activities supporting or utilizing...

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Dietary fiber

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Dietary fiber (fibre in Commonwealth English) or roughage is the portion of plant-derived food that cannot be completely broken down by human digestive...

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Food safety

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of nearly all Americans and plays a significant role in the well-being of the global community. The U.S. food and fiber system accounted for 18 percent...

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Food system

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food system describes the interconnected systems and processes that influence nutrition, food, health, community development, and agriculture. A food...

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Inulin

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Administration approved inulin as a dietary fiber ingredient used to improve the nutritional value of manufactured food products. Using inulin to measure kidney...

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Criticism of the World Trade Organization

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Sanitary and Phytosanitary Standards?". In Lawrence (Busch, Jim Bingen (ed.). Agricultural Standards: The Shape of the Global Food And Fiber System. Springer...

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Agricultural literacy

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literate person’s understanding of the food and fiber system includes its history and current economic, social, and environmental significance to all Americans...

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Food industry

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transportation and financial services. The system also includes the food marketing industries that link farms to consumers, and which include food and fiber processors...

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Maltodextrin

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other sources as functional fiber, meaning its use in foods may provide improved function of the gastrointestinal system. The low molecular weight, low...

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Food

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their own nutrients. Water is found in many foods and has been defined as a food by itself. Water and fiber have low energy densities, or calories, while...

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Future 50 Foods report

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sustainable global food systems. The report identifies 12 plant sources and five animal sources that make up 75 percent of the food humans consume, and three crops...

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Human food

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Human food is food which is fit for human consumption, and which humans willingly eat. Food is a basic necessity of life, and humans typically seek food out...

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Hemp

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including rope, textiles, clothing, shoes, food, paper, bioplastics, insulation, and biofuel. The bast fibers can be used to make textiles that are 100%...

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Food energy

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provide little or no food energy, such as water, minerals, vitamins, cholesterol, and fiber, may still be necessary to health and survival for other reasons...

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Psyllium

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is mainly used as a dietary fiber to relieve symptoms of both constipation and mild diarrhea, and occasionally as a food thickener. Allergy to psyllium...

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Parasympathetic nervous system

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related to the eye. The oculomotor PNS fibers originate in the Edinger-Westphal nucleus in the central nervous system and travel through the superior orbital...

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Food processing

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much sugar and salt, too little fiber, and otherwise being unhealthful in respect to dietary needs of humans and farm animals. Primary food processing...

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Stomach rumble

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inflamed or infected. The most probable cause is a low-fiber diet, possibly a result of eating processed food. Diverticulitis is usually seen in about half the...

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Google Fiber

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Google Fiber, sometimes stylized as GFiber, is a fiber broadband Internet service operated by Google Fiber Inc., a subsidiary of Alphabet, servicing a...

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Cat food

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that reduce hunger. Sources of fiber commonly added in weight management cat food include beet pulp, barley, psyllium and cellulose. Another nutrient important...

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Nutritional rating systems

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food-rating system which rates food based on nutrient density with a scientific algorithm. Foods are credited with vitamins, minerals, dietary fiber,...

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Foodservice

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industrial size and often lacks the colorful label designs of the consumer version.[citation needed] The food system, including food service and food retailing...

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Skeletal muscle

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bundles of muscle fibers. Each individual fiber, and each muscle is surrounded by a type of connective tissue layer of fascia. Muscle fibers are formed from...

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Monogastric

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fiber molecule cellulose as efficiently as ruminants, though the ability to digest cellulose varies amongst species. A monogastric digestive system works...

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Jute

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the mallow family Malvaceae. The primary source of the fiber is Corchorus olitorius, but such fiber is considered inferior to that derived from Corchorus...

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Bloating

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is metabolically inert and absorbs water as it moves through the digestive system, aiding in defecation. Most types of fiber (insoluble) are attached...

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Chicory

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and source of dietary fiber. Chicory is also grown as a forage crop for livestock. When flowering, chicory has a tough, grooved, and more or less hairy stem...

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Flax

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cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. Textiles made from flax are known in English as linen and are traditionally...

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