The latest Feeding the Economy report highlights the value of the industries.

The American Bakers Association report reveals the ‘vital role’ baking plays in the U.S.

The American Bakers Association (ABA), among 30 food and agriculture groups, has released the sixth annual Feeding the Economy report, a historic farm-to-fork economic analysis revealing how these sectors influence the local and broader United States economies.

The National Confectioners Association reports candy makers support nearly 700,000 jobs, with about 58,000 jobs created in confectionery manufacturing alone.

Most Americans are “low-income” consumers these days — including people we used to think of as “middle-class.” And you can blame the long-term effects of the Great Recession.

SNAP is one of those programs that people tend to believe only impacts low-income people — but like everything in government, it creates ripples throughout the economy. 

The U.S. honey industry had a total economic output of $4.74 billion in 2017, according to a new study from the University of California Agricultural Issues Center. 

A nationwide economic impact study recently released found that more than one-fifth (or 20.4 percent) of the nation’s economy is linked, either directly or indirectly, to the food and agriculture sectors and that more than one-fourth of all American jobs (28 percent) are similarly connected. 

 Post-interpack momentum allays apprehensions about Greece in the Euro Zone, but global hot spots, consumer demands and a lack of engineers complicate a general optimism about the future.