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Farming SEE ALSO

▸ ▸ Fish p.101
▸ ▸ Eating
Farming is growing plants and raising animals, usually pp.104–105
for food. Common crops include cereals, fruit, and ▸ ▸ Food p.106
vegetables. Farm animals include cows, sheep, pigs, ▸ ▸ Fruit and seeds

chickens, and even fish. As well as their meat, cows p.115
are farmed for their milk and chickens for their eggs. ▸ ▸ Incas p.132
▸ ▸ Plants p.194

Cereal farming
Cereal crops such as
wheat, corn, and barley
are grown in large fields.
Rice is also a cereal. It is
grown in hot countries in
water–covered areas
called paddy fields.

Animal farming
Farmers raise pigs,
cows, and chickens in
large sheds or outdoors
in fields. Sheep, goats,
and llamas are often
kept on rough or
higher ground.

Fruit and
vegetable farming
Crops such as pineapples
and potatoes are grown
outside. Others, such as
strawberries and peppers,
are grown all year round
in glasshouses or
plastic tunnels.

Fish farming
Much of the fish we eat,
such as salmon and cod,
is now farmed rather
than caught in the wild.
The fish are kept in net
pens or cages in lakes,
rivers, or the sea.

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