Food and our Community 

We  all eat fruits and vegetables, some of us also eat chicken and fish. So, anything that 
we  eat  to  live  is  called  food.  ​We  need  food  as it helps our bodies to grow, remain 
healthy, and gives us energy to do work. 

Food  is  like  fuel  to  our  body.  All  living  creatures,  be  it  plants  and animals, need food 
to survive. So food is very precious, and must not be wasted. 

Sources of Food​ :- 

We get food from two main sources, they are:- 

● Plants 
● Animals 

All food comes from plants or animals. 

● Milk - dairy farm  

● Meat - cattle farm  

● Wheat - wheat field 

● Corn or vegetables - corn or vegetable farm 

● Rice - rice field 

● Eggs -chicken farm 

Food  has  to  be  farmed,  caught  or  grown  at  home.  Fish  is  the  only  food  that  is 
caught. All other food is grown in a farm or at home. 
Food  changes  from  ​farm  to  plate  to  make  it  safe  to  eat.  It  is  a  cycle  called  the  food 
system.  

Steps in the food system are: 

1) Growing the food 

2) Harvesting and moving food from the field 

3) Storing food ​to sell later 

4) Processing  ​food  into  products  like  pasta,  cheese,  sauce  or  packaging  it  (in  case 
of rice, wheat) 

5) Cook and eating  

Our  food  depends  on  the  environment  and  hence  we  need  to  protect  the 
environment.