Food is recession-resistant, and farming has been one of the sectors least affected by the worldwide slump.

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The business is recession-resistant, so there is not a lot of downside here.

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While some industries, including retail, manufacturing, finance and technology, are vulnerable during recessions, Challenger says there are always industries that seem "recession-resistant, " based on different trends at the time of the slowdown.

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Plus, FMC sells recession-resistant chemicals like coatings for pills, and a third of its revenue comes from specialty chemicals, including lithium, the raw material for the next generation of electric-vehicle batteries ( click here for related story).

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Companies in recession-resistant industries performed better.

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