1. Our Food – where does it come from? An important question to start with Jim. Are all farmers the same? Certainly not Jake – you’re an ARABLE farmer and I am a PASTORAL farmer! What does this mean? Hi I’m Jake and this my friend Jim

2. Jake is an ARABLE farmer. Here are some clues as to what he does… Clockwise from left, images by Flickr users pizzodisevo, muffet, jillyspoon and steffe and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license.

3. Joe is a PASTORAL farmer. Here are some clues as to what he does… Clockwise from left, images by Flickr users drinksmachine, Andrew Wales, savvography and smsm1 and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license

4. Some farmers grow fruit, flowers, vegetables and cereal crops…..they are ARABLE farmers. Some farmers rear animals and birds for their meat or milk or eggs…..they are PASTORAL farmers. ….and some farmers may decide to grow a mixture of both crops and animals!

5. Farming in other parts of the world… Farming in other parts of the world… Arable or Pastoral Image by Flickr user riacale and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license

6. Farming in other parts of the world… Arable or Pastoral Image by Flickr user John Charalambous and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license

7. Farming in other parts of the world… Arable or Pastoral Image by Flickr user oneVillage Initiative and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license

8. Farming in other parts of the world… Arable or Pastoral Image by Flickr user angela7dream and licensed for reuse under Creative Commons license