Scott Foresman Social Studies - Second Grade Super Stars

Can We GetThat Here?Fun Facts Strawberries are in the rose family. Each person in the United States eats about103 pounds of citrus fruit a year. Thomas Jefferson introduced French fries tothe United States.GenreNonfictionComprehensionSkillCause and EffectText FeatureGlossaryScott Foresman Social Studiesì (sk m) beibch -Ä-U-Ä-UISBN 0-328-14812-1by Donna Foley

Different foods grow in different climatesand at different times of the year. In this bookyou will read about where foods come from andhow they get to you and your family.VocabularycropproducerconsumerWrite to It!Can We GetThat Here?What special food do you enjoyduring just one part of the year? Writeone paragraph about your ideas.Write your paragraphon anothersheet of paper.by DonnaFoleyEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit forphotographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges tocorrect errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.ISBN: 0-328-14812-1Copyright Pearson Education, Inc.All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication isprotected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisherprior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmissionin any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orlikewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department,Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman,a division of Pearson Education.Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R),Background (Bkgd)Opener: Image Works; 1 Image Works; 2 Getty Images; 3 Phil Schermeister/Corbis; 4Getty Images; 5 AP/Wide World Photos; 6 Corbis; 7 Christina Osbourne/Alamy Images;10 Steve Essig/Index Stock Imagery; 11 Getty Images; 12 Steve Essig/Index StockEditorial Offices: Glenview, Illinois Parsippany, New Jersey New York, New YorkImagery; 13 Corbis; 14 Brand X Pictures; 15 CorbisSales Offices: Needham, Massachusetts Duluth, Georgia Glenview, IllinoisCoppell, Texas Ontario, California Mesa, Arizona

Different crops grow in different parts ofthe country. In the summer many kinds offruits and vegetables may grow near where youlive. Some of these local foods might be soldat a farmer’s market. Foods that are notgrown locally might be available to you onlyat a grocery store.Many climates are good for growing fruitsand vegetables. In most areas fruits andvegetables are harvested from May throughOctober. Farmers are producers who sell theirfruits and vegetables to consumers, bothlocally and all over the country.Your family might make a shopping listevery week. This list could change during theyear because different foods are available indifferent places at different times.23

In the winter months the foods that growin warmer climates may not be as easy to find.The farmer’s market is usually closed, but youmay still be able to buy your favorite fruitsand vegetables at the grocery store. Farmersin warmer climates ship their foods to storesin colder climates. This way, you can almostalways find everything on your list!45

Potatoes are another food that mighthave to travel to get to you and your family.Potatoes are an important crop in Idaho, whichis in the western part of the United States.Just as with oranges, farmers and distributorswork together to get potatoes to a store nearyou. You then can eat baked potatoes, mashedpotatoes, or potato pancakes!Oranges are one example of a food thatcomes from a warmer climate. Oranges growin Florida, where it is warm for almost thewhole year. The farmers who grow orangessell their crops to distributors. Distributorsare people who sell the oranges to grocerystores and deliver them there. Once the foodis in the stores, you can buy what you need.Often, fruits and vegetables have to travelgreat distances to get to your grocery store.Farmers and distributors work together to getfood to you from all over the country!67

Foods ripen and become ready to eat onlyduring certain times of the year. Cherries,for example, are picked in June and July.Asparagus has a very short growing season.Each food has a special growing season,making it easier to get during some months ofthe year.8Many foods grow during the spring andsummer and are ready to be harvested inthe fall. Pears, apples, and corn are just afew of these foods. The Thanksgiving holidaycelebrates the fact that so many foods areavailable during this season and that peopleare thankful for them. Pumpkin, beans, andsquash are some of the foods that peopleespecially enjoy when the weather turns cooler.9

Farmers are busy harvesting theircrops in the fall, but they are also busy inthe spring. The spring is when crops areplanted and young plants start to grow.There is a lot to do to get the fields andsoil ready. After the seeds are planted,there are many other jobs to do while thecrops grow. The farmers look forward toharvest time and to enjoying the foodsthat come from their crops!1011

No matter how you get these foods, it isfun to enjoy them with others. You and yourfamily may have special dishes from yourculture that you share with others. It can befun to prepare foods that are made from allthese different fruits and vegetables. Yourfamily can eat these treats, made with foodsfrom all over, as part of a special meal.You may have friends or family memberswho do not live near you. Different foods maygrow where they live. The climates and growingseasons may be different.It is fun to send or receive food from otherplaces as a gift. You might get peaches orpecans from South Carolina, grapefruits fromFlorida, or mangoes from Mexico. It is possiblefor you and your family to enjoy foods from allover the world!1213

Foods can come from many places. You canget them at a grocery store, at a farmer’smarket, or even in your own backyard. The nexttime you sit down for a special dinner, take amoment to think about how those foods weregrown and how they made it to your table.1415

Different foods grow in different climatesand at different times of the year. In this bookyou will read about where foods come from andhow they get to you and your ne who buys and uses goodsconsumercrop a kind of plant that people grow and useWrite to It!What special food do you enjoyduring just one part of the year? Writeone paragraph about your ideas.Write your paragraph on another sheet of paper.producer someone who makes or growssomethingEvery effort has been made to secure permission and provide appropriate credit forphotographic material. The publisher deeply regrets any omission and pledges tocorrect errors called to its attention in subsequent editions.ISBN: 0-328-14812-1Copyright Pearson Education, Inc.All Rights Reserved. Printed in the United States of America. This publication isprotected by Copyright, and permission should be obtained from the publisherprior to any prohibited reproduction, storage in a retrieval system, or transmissionin any form by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, orlikewise. For information regarding permission(s), write to: Permissions Department,Scott Foresman, 1900 East Lake Avenue, Glenview, Illinois 60025.161 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10V0G1 14 13 12 11 10 09 08 07 06 05Unless otherwise acknowledged, all photographs are the property of Scott Foresman,a division of Pearson Education.Photo locators denoted as follows: Top (T), Center (C), Bottom (B), Left (L), Right (R),Background (Bkgd)Opener: Image Works; 1 Image Works; 2 Getty Images; 3 Phil Schermeister/Corbis; 4Getty Images; 5 AP/Wide World Photos; 6 Corbis; 7 Christina Osbourne/Alamy Images;10 Steve Essig/Index Stock Imagery; 11 Getty Images; 12 Steve Essig/Index StockImagery; 13 Corbis; 14 Brand X Pictures; 15 Corbis

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