Foods

Food is a substance [you buy any foods visit this link] consumed to provide nutrition to the body. It is usually of animal or vegetable origin, and contains essential nutrients such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, minerals. The substance ingested by an organism and assimilated by the body's cells to produce energy, maintain life, or stimulate growth.

Historically, people secured food through two methods: hunting and gathering, and agriculture. Today, most of the energy consumed by feeding the world's population provided by the food industry.

Food safety and food security are monitored by agencies like the International Association for Food Protection, World Resources Institute, World Food Programme, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization, and International Food Information Council. They address issues such as sustainability, biodiversity, climate change, food economics, population growth, water supply and access to food.

The right to food is a human right derived from the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR), recognizing the "right to an adequate standard of living, including adequate food", and the "fundamental right to be free from hunger."