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Grain merchants, and fruit and vegetable sellers from towns or cities come to the mandi

and buy the products in bulk. They carry them to their areas and sell them in retail. Then,
we buy these food products from the local market.

Action Station

Make a flowchart showing the journey of rice from farm to plate.

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Sources of Food

We obtain a variety of food from plants. Let’s learn about them.

Cereals

Wheat, rice, maize, millet and oat are some cereals. They are also called grains. They are

rich in carbohydrates. They are the seeds of plants. Rice is the staple food of most people
in the world. It is eaten in a variety of forms. Some grains like oats and cornflakes are
eaten as breakfast cereals.

Pulses

Pulses are dried seeds of certain plants. They are rich in protein and help our body to
grow. Black gram, kidney bean, green gram and chickpea are all pulses.

Fruits and Vegetables

Plants give us a variety of fruits like apple, pear, guava, grapes and papaya. Some popular

vegetables are potato, cauliflower, cabbage, tomato and onion. Fruits and vegetables
are rich sources of vitamins and minerals. They are called protective foods.

Nuts

Nuts like groundnut, cashew, almond and walnut are obtained from plants. They are rich

in fats, some vitamins and minerals.

Oilseeds

Oil is one of the most important ingredients in cooking. It is extracted by crushing the
seeds of some plants like groundnut, mustard, sunflower, soya bean, coconut and rice

bran. These seeds are called oilseeds.

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