It is the chain of activities that brings food from "farm gate to plate".

I drove through the farm gate and along a neat tarmac road across the single field.

The tractor ruts led straight on to a farm gate.

The costs incurred beyond the farm gate have a great influence on retail prices.

And here, barring the road, was the familiar old farm gate still in place.

He skidded through the farm gate and flung himself against the wall.

Through the farm gate they stumbled, back into the heat of the city.

The proposal to raise dairy prices at the farm gate would have done just that - nothing more.

He went out to have a look and found the farm gate open.

High-quality beef is now sold at the farm gate and elsewhere.