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For a description of the processes of absorption and utilization of food, see nutrition; vitamin, human; digestion; and digestive system, human. For information on the strategies used to organize raw meals for cooking, consumption, or storage, see food preservation. Hunting and gathering, horticulture, pastoralism, and the development of agriculture are the first means by which people have adapted to their environments to feed themselves. Food has long served as a provider of culture in human societies and has been a driving pressure for globalization. This was especially the case during the early phases of European …