People and animals need plants for food. We can eat all the different parts of plants. We can eat the stem and leaves of some plants, but sometimes we eat the roots, the fruits or the seeds.

 

 

 

 

We eat some flowers but not others.

Did you know that broccoli and cauliflowers are edible flowers? Capers are edible flower buds. Other flowers are not at all good to eat. It is dangerous to eat some flowers. Eating this iris would make you ill.

 

 

 

 

Farmers sow seeds. The seeds grow into plants for us to eat.

Farmers water their crops if there is too little rain. They harvest the crops when they are ready. If there is too much rain or wind, or it is too hot or too cold, the crops may be ruined.

 

 

 

 

 

We eat stems, leaves, bulbs, roots, fruits and seeds.

Look at these pictures. Some of these fruits and vegetables will be cooked, others are eaten raw. You eat the stem of a celery plant, the bulb of an onion plant and the seeds in a tomato. Wheat seeds are ground to make flour.