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food chain
A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition
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food chain The chain between green plants (the primary producers of food energy) through a sequence of organisms in which each eats the one below it in the chain, and is eaten in turn by the one above. Also used for the chain of events from the original source of a foodstuff (from the sea, the soil, or the wild) through all the stages of handling until it reaches the table.
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Food Chains: From Farmyard to Shopping Cart
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 7/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...of topics relevant in food studies, including the...operations of food-supply chains; the development of...modern food-supply chain must take into account...on the global crabmeat food chain: one outcome was the...the transformation of foods can take place and ...
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Sandelman & Associates Announces 2nd Annual ``Awards of Excellence'' for Fast-Food Chains; Emerging ``Quick-Casual'' Chains Are Raising the Bar for Fast Food.
Business Wire; 3/5/2001; 700+ words
; ...and the top sandwich chain. The Mexican segment...regional quick-casual chain with a fresh food focus, which was ranked...overall. Major National Chains Show Some Key Strengths...s outscored all other chains on convenience of locations...second highest rated chain on overall appeal ...
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Sandelman & Associates Announces 3rd Annual ``Awards of Excellence'' for Fast-Food Chains; Regional and ``Fast-Casual'' Chains Continue to Outscore Major National Chains.
Business Wire; 3/4/2002; 700+ words
; ...market research firm. The chains with the highest food ratings tend to be those that...segment that grew up on fast-food is now willing and able to pay for higher quality foods they feel they deserve...service like typical fast-food restaurants but the quality...in a row, the highest rated ...
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Burgeoning Food Chains in California Offer Choices with Quality, Speed.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/25/2003; 700+ words
; ...alternatives to traditional fast food has put smaller restaurant chains like Baja Fresh, Pick...nationwide. The smaller chain niche, known in the...Southern California. The chain won't say how many...the Box bought Mexican chain Qdoba, which has just...uick casual Mexican food ...
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PREY PREFERENCE BY A TOP PREDATOR AND THE STABILITY OF LINKED FOOD CHAINS.
Magazine article from: Ecology; 1/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...species continuous-time food chain models (modeling three...three-species food chains (Hastings and Powell...demonstrate that linking two food chains generally bounds the...constructed two food chains linked by a mobile top...three-species food chain of ...
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Fast Food Chains Are Finding Selves at Nutritional Crossroads.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 7/12/2003; 700+ words
; ...people who grew up on fast food are caring more about what...have." His fast-casual chain, which has gone national...healthful dining. The fast-food industry has come under heavy...which clog arteries, in the foods they sell. Brenner said to expect even more menu changes as chains seek to ...
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Do fast-food chains have a place in health-care facilities?
Magazine article from: Restaurants & Institutions; 10/31/1990; ; 700+ words
; ...other healthier foods for their hospital...their forte. Chains are only there...the street to a chain, or if you think...day, having a chain or premises...sees a fast-food chain outlet, I think...have fast-food chains on premises might...cafeterias offer ...
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Fast-Food Chains with Healthful Offerings Bring Home Awards.
Business Wire; 2/14/2007; 700+ words
; ...leader in providing healthful foods. For eight straight years...comes to providing healthful foods. In 2006, 55 percent of diners...availability of healthful/nutritious foods," 4 percentage points higher...availability of healthy/nutritious food" "extremely important" in...gathers overall ratings ...
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Food chains: the carbon link; borrowing a technique from geochemistry, ecologists move from guesses to numbers. (includes related article)
Magazine article from: Science News; 9/9/1989; ; 700+ words
; Food Chains: The Carbon Link Apolar...link in an Arctic food chain. From this simple...the way down the food chain to the one-celled...strung together food chains for decades, tracing...the lower end of the chain in the oceans. Traditionally...
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Fast food chains penetrate new markets. (Industry Overview)
Magazine article from: Food Review; 1/1/1993; ; 700+ words
; ...units. Other fast food chains and snack food merchandisers, induding...supermarkets operated by ABCO Foods in Phoenix, Arizona...supemarkets. Fast food chains serving Mexican-style foods opened units in supermarkets...store supermarket chain in Phoenix, has ...
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Food Chain/web
Encyclopedia entry from: The Gale Encyclopedia of Science
Food Chain/web A food chain is an ecological term that describes...dependent on each other for food; a food web refers to an interconnected set of food chains in the same ecosystem. Organisms that eat similar foods are assigned to a particular trophic...
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food chain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Zoology
food chain The transfer of energy from the...number of trophic levels in the chain to four or five. Two basic types of food chain are recognized: the grazing and detrital pathways . In practice chains interact to give a complex food...
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food-chain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
food-chain The transfer of energy from the primary producers...levels ) in the chain to 4 or 5. Two basic types of food-chain are recognized: the grazing and detrital...In practice, these interact to give a complex food-web.
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food-chain efficiency
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
food-chain efficiency The ratio between the energy value (the nutritional...of prey consumed by a predator and the energy value of the food eaten by that prey. Maximum food-chain efficiency (gross ecological efficiency) occurs when...
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grazing food-chain
Book article from: A Dictionary of Plant Sciences
grazing food-chain See GRAZING PATHWAY .
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