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  2. Timeline of food - Wikipedia

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    5-2 million years ago: Hominids shift away from the consumption of nuts and berries to begin the consumption of meat. [1] [2]A hearth with cooking utensils. 2.5-1.8 million years ago: The discovery of the use of fire may have created a sense of sharing as a group.

  3. Food industry - Wikipedia

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    Packaged food aisles at an American grocery store Parmigiano Reggiano cheese produced in a modern factory Battery cages in Brazil, an example of intensive animal farming. The food industry is a complex, global network of diverse businesses that supplies most of the food consumed by the world's population. The food industry today has become ...

  4. Early history of food regulation in the United States - Wikipedia

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    The history of early food regulation in the United States started with the 1906 Pure Food and Drug Act, when the United States federal government began to intervene in the food and drug businesses. When that bill proved ineffective, the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt revised it into the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act of ...

  5. History of sugar - Wikipedia

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    The [European sugar] industry only began on a major scale after the loss of the Levant to a resurgent Islam and the shift of production to Cyprus under a mixture of Crusader aristocrats and Venetian merchants. The local population on Cyprus spent most of their time growing their own food and few would work on the sugar estates.

  6. Technological and industrial history of the United States

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    The cotton gin, invented by Eli Whitney, revolutionized slave-based agriculture in the Southern United States.. The technological and industrial history of the United States describes the emergence of the United States as one of the most technologically advanced nations in the world in the 19th and 20th centuries.

  7. The Fascinating History of American Food Trucks - AOL

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    The history of mobile food in America dates back to the 17th century and has some surprising (and yummy) turns along the way. ... “Kogi set off a flavor bomb that would shake up the foundations ...

  8. History of agriculture in the United States - Wikipedia

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    America's meat packing industry; a brief survey of its development and economics. (1939) online edition; McCormick, Cyrus (1931). The century of the reaper; an account of Cyrus Hall McCormick, the inventor. Mullendore, William Clinton. History of the United States Food Administration, 1917–1919 (1941) online edition; Nourse, Edwin Griswold.

  9. Food processing - Wikipedia

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    Baking bread is an example of secondary food processing. Secondary food processing is the everyday process of creating food from ingredients that are ready to use. Baking bread, regardless of whether it is made at home, in a small bakery, or in a large factory, is an example of secondary food processing. [2]