Where food comes from

1. Where food comes from By Alice Mansfield and Isaac Wood. Iw

2. potatoes • Potatoes are grown in Russia, Europe, France, Germany, Poland and Canada. AM • a

3. carrots People first grew carrots as medicine not food , for a variety of ailments.Iw

4. Broccoli • Broccoli came from Antwerp

5. Onions • The exact origin of the onion is unknown, although ancient texts dating back to 3000 B.C. reveal that it was first grown in parts of Asia . Around this period it was also grown in China and later also in India . From there it must have been taken to Greece and Egypt, because it appears frequently in decorations and hieroglyphics in the pyramids. Onions were also used by the Greeks and the Romans. Iw.

6. Tomatoes The tomato in its original form, however, was not the prolific red globe we know and love today. It was a small, fragrant fruit (picture a cherry tomato) that the Native Americans ground up and combined with ahi, a kind of chili pepper, to make a spicy sauce. While Native Americans had been consuming them for centuries, tomatoes quickly gained a bad reputation in the Americas. Colonists believed tomatoes to be poisonous, and virtually no one of European descent dared eat the fruit until the early 19th century for fear of death.