Food comes from farms. A farm can grow crops and raise animals. Let's visit some places on a farm.

Many crops start as seeds. A seed has a tiny baby plant inside it. Seeds need water and warmth to start growing.

Fruits and vegetables are food crops that farmers grow.

Wheat, corn and rice are grains that people around the world grow and eat. Flour for bread comes from wheat grain.

Some farm animals, such as cattle and sheep, eat grass in open fields called pastures.

A dairy farm milks cows to get milk. Some chickens on farms, called layers, lay eggs.

Bees make honey from the nectar of flowers. Honey bees make honey to store as food for the winter.

Bees do more than make honey. Bees help fruits, nuts and other foods grow by visiting flowers.

Some fish and shellfish are raised on farms, too. This is called aquaculture.

Food from all these places travels from a farm to a store and then to your home. Trucks carry food from farms to markets.

Words to know

• pastures: grass fields
• grains: wheat, corn, rice
• nectar: flower juice
• aquaculture: farming fish