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food chain

[food cheyn] / ˈfud ˌtʃeɪn /
NOUN
feeding relationships among organisms
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Paine Schwartz has a history of investing in a sustainable food chain, with portfolio companies that include cold-pressed juice maker Suja Life and plant-based dough producer Urban Farmer.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

US officials on Friday pinned the source of a diarrhea-causing foodborne parasite as shredded iceberg lettuce used by the fast food chain Taco Bell.

From Barron's Jul. 17, 2026

As apex predators, they keep the population of midlevel predators in check, allowing vegetation and other wildlife species lower on the food chain to thrive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 9, 2026

The findings, published in Ecology and Evolution, point to a phenomenon known as a trophic cascade, in which changes at the top of the food chain ripple through multiple levels of an ecosystem.

From Science Daily Jun. 28, 2026

Polar bears were just the biggest, baddest, most obvious part of the food chain.

From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz




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