WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM? Think about what you had for breakfast or lunch today.  Write a short essay on the importance of your food and the foods you can buy.  Please answer these questions: Why do we eat? What do you like to eat? Your meal is made up of many different products. In a typical meal, list the raw ingredients of all the different foods (such as milk, wheat, rice, sugar, flour, etc.)? What type of farm do you think the ingredients came from? Examples of farms are dairy, agricultural, and cattle. How far did your food travel to get to your plate? Were there any stops along the way? Tell a story about how the raw ingredients became the food on your plate. How do you decide what kinds of food you are going to eat? Does it matter where your food comes from and how it was made?   After answering these questions consider what your life would be like if all of the farms disappeared one day. What would happen to your food supply? How would you eat your next meal?