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It takes a lot of people, doing different jobs, to get the food we eat
and the clothes we wear from the farm to the table. We don't always think
about where our food and fiber come from. For example, the hamburger bun
we had for lunch went through many steps as it made its way to our table.
It started out as a wheat plant on a farm. After the farmer harvested
the wheat, it was transported to a mill where it was cleaned and ground
into flour. From there it went to a baker who mixed other things with
it, put it in the oven and turned it into the bun. But that's not the
end of the trip. The finished buns were again transported, usually by
truck, to a grocery store, where workers put the buns on the shelf for
us to purchase.
Whether it is wheat, corn, vegetables or meat, it takes much work and
many people, doing many different jobs, to make sure we have good food
to eat. One of these days you may have a job helping get food and clothing
to people all over the world.
