Garden or Store: Where to Get Food?
Garden or Store: Where to Get Food?
Some people think it is good to grow food in a garden. Other people think it is better to buy food at a store. Both ways can give us food to eat. Which way is better?
Growing Food in a Garden
If you grow food, you can pick it when it is ready. You know where it comes from. You can grow food that you like to eat. But, it takes time to grow food. You need to water the plants. You need to pull out weeds. It can be hard work. Sometimes bugs eat the plants before you can.
Buying Food at a Store
If you buy food at a store, you can get it fast. The store has many kinds of food. You can get food even if it is not the right season to grow it. But, the food might come from far away. You don't know how they grew the food. Sometimes, the food costs more money at the store.
Which is Better?
Both ways to get food are good. Growing food can be fun, but it takes work. Buying food is easy, but it can cost more. Maybe the best way is to do both! You can grow some food and buy some food. Then you get the best of both worlds.
Listen to Garden or Store: Where to Get Food?
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- Garden:
- A place to grow plants.
- Store:
- A place to buy things.
- Season:
- A time of year.
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About this opinion / argumentative passage for Lower Elementary
“Garden or Store: Where to Get Food?” is a opinion / argumentative reading passage about Food Sources, written for Lower Elementary. It takes about 1 minutes to read (224 words) and comes with an interactive quiz and a printable worksheet with comprehension questions and an answer key.