We need to eat food to get energy and the nutrients we need  to build our bodies.

People can’t live long without food, so we spend a lot of time gathering and preparing our food.

But plants don't have to cook or hunt or shop for food. Plants make their own food from what is all round them...

 Plants eat
dirt and
sunshine!

Plants take "elements" from the soil and put them together in a way that makes them the building blocks for their bodies and for ours.

Plants turn the elements and air, water and sunshine into fruits, vegetables, roots, flowers, seeds, and other plant parts.

When we eat plants (or animals that eat plants)  our bodies change the building blocks into us!