Investigating the U.S. Food System: How food moves from field to table

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Our food system is a product of complex interaction of three systems: the natural ecosystem, the managed agricultural system, and the socio-economic system. Farming, food processing, food distribution, and consumption decisions are all governed by the interaction of these systems. Consequences of these decisions, along with the interactions themselves, have generated a number of overarching scientific and social "hot-button" topics that affect or are affected by the food system such as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), organic crops and food, agricultural and food policy, environmental implications from agriculture food safety, food safety, diet and health, agricultural trade and international development, and food insecurity and food access.