The History of Farming

Before people started farming, they went to the forest to look (1)_____plants or fruit they could eat. This meant that people (2)________moving all the tirne to find food. But about 12.000 years ago, in the Middle East, people (3)________to grow food. These people were the first farmers. Farming made (4)_______possible for people to stay in (5)____________place and slowly their villages got bigger.
Some people in the villages became free to do other work, like making clothes, (6)______the farmers could grow food for everyone, Unfortunately, farming was difficult when the weather was bad and then some people did not get (7) _______food to eat.
Today, farmers (8)__________grow more food and it travels thousands of kilometers from where it (9) _____________grown to our homes.