GOOD GRAINS
Bread is made from flour, and flour comes from wheat. Wheat is a type
of cereal crop. Cereal crops are grasses that produce grains that we can
eat.
Farmers grow wheat so that we can make bread, cakes, biscuits and
many other things. Other cereal crops, like barley, are used to feed
animals such as pigs, cows and chickens. The cereals we eat at breakfast are
often made from maize, wheat or oats.
wheat
barley
oats
Foods made from the grains of cereal crops are good for you. They
give you energy so, if you eat some toast or a cereal at breakfast, it
gives you a great start to the day.
Grains are very important in our diet. To prepare a full
breakfast, grain is needed to feed the chickens (for the eggs), the
pigs (for the bacon), the cows (for the milk and butter), and to
make our toast and cereal!
