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Spices like ginger, cloves and turmeric can be used as medicines.

Beverages

Leaves of some plants are used to make drinks. These drinks are called
beverages. Tea and coffee are popular beverages obtained from plants.

* What we get from plants?
* What are beverages?

* Which fruit do you like the most?

The Journey of Food

The journey of food starts with farmers,
fishermen and dairy workers. Farmers
grow crop plants on large areas of land

called farms. The farmer first prepares
the field by ploughing it. Small farmers
use oxen to plough their fields, whereas
big farmers use tractors for the same. Farmer Grows Crops

Then, he adds manures and fertilizers to the soil to increase the yield of his

crop. The second step is sowing the seeds. After a few days, the seeds
germinate and small plants appear.

The third step is irrigating the crops. The young plants are watered regularly
and sprayed with pesticides and insecticides to keep them safe from insects.

Ploughing the Fields Sowing the Seeds Irrigating the Fields

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