food chain

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Under that scenario, Kunisch would expect price increases all along the food chain, starting with the prices paid for young cattle at livestock auctions to beef packers — the meat-processing companies that buy cattle.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 10, 2026

MOA Foodtech is working to put those byproducts back into the human food chain.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Mixue is the largest food chain in the world, with over 50,000 locations, but it’s hardly known in the U.S.

From Barron's • Jun. 1, 2026

They’re the last ones owned and operated by Ed Hackbarth, the founder of the Mexican fast food chain.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

I was curious to learn whom, and what, I’d find at the far end of the food chain that keeps me alive.

From "The Omnivore's Dilemma" by Michael Pollan