What do cattle eat?
They eat grass and grains, which are plants, which grow in the soil. If you have a soft drink with your hamburger, the second ingredient on nearly any non-diet drink is high fructose corn syrup. This is a sweetener made from corn. Corn is a grain of a grass plant that grows in the soil. All sugar comes from either sugar cane or sugar beets, which are plants that grow in the soil. All vegetables and fruits grow on plants that grow in the soil. Most animals we eat are herbivores, which means they eat plants that grow in the soil. Any juice you drink came from some fruit, that grew on a plant that grows in the soil. Even fish would die without soil. When soil erodes and washes into a river, lake, or the ocean, it takes nutrients with it. The plants and microorganisms that live in the water need nutrients to live. They get these nutrients from that eroded soil. Little fish eat the water plants and microorganisms. Bigger fish eat the little fish, etc., until someone catches the fish for you
