Food Industry
An industry, not a farmer, puts the food on your table
Your Health and the Bottom Line
The Growing Business: The global food industry is immense. Each year, it accounts for more than $4 trillion in business, encompassing everything from the sale of seeds to farmers to the transport of livestock to the slaughterhouse and supermarket.
Strange Bedfellows: Today, 45% of U.S. corn and 85% of U.S. soybeans are genetically engineered under a government-regulated system. In the 2008 election cycle, the food industry donated $65 million to candidates for federal office.
Watch What You Eat: Food impacts public health, the economy, and the environment as it is grown, processed, transported, and sold. But it is consumers who choose what goes on the table.
