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Early eating Food allergies
Our ancient ancestors Some people are allergic to
hunted for meat and fish, certain foods, which means
and foraged for fruit, nuts, they become ill when they eat
and roots. They started them. These foods can include
using fire to cook food shellfish, peanuts, and
around 400,000 milk-based foods.
years ago.

Fire

More than
1.3

Chow mein billion people
from China
in the world work Peanuts
as farmers.

Farming
People began farming at
least 15,000 years ago. Today,
almost half of the world’s land is
farmed for food. Farmers breed
animals for their meat, milk, and
eggs. They also grow plants
called crops, such as
wheat and oats.
Bento box
from Japan

Combine harvester cutting wheat

Edible
mealworms Eating in space
Insect protein
Insects such as mealworms Astronaut space food must
and caterpillars are eaten be easy to eat, light in weight,
all over the world. They don’t quick to prepare, and not too
need a lot of space to grow, so messy. Food is often freeze-
they are an environmentally dried and put in pouches.
friendly alternative to Water is then added
farmed meat. before eating.

Astronaut food

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