Badala ya chakula chetu kushughulikiwa na mkulima, hupita kupitia mfumo wa usindikaji na usambazaji, kushughulikiwa, kufungwa, kufunguliwa, kushughulikiwa tena, kufungwa tena, kusafirishwa, kufunguliwa na kuonyeshwa, na kadhalika.
Chakula hutumiwa na watu wengine isipokuwa mkulima.