Producer

Key Stage 2

Meaning

A producer is a creature that can make its own food. These are usually plants.

About Producers

All plants are producers.

Producers are eaten by consumers.

Examples

In this food chain the bush is the producer and the gazelle and cheetah are consumers.

In this food chain the grass is the producer and the grasshopper, baboon and cheetah are all consumers.

An organism that is able to make its own food.