From Market to Home
This chapter from NCERT Looking Around, Class 4, Chapter 15 traces vegetables from farms to the family kitchen. Children follow farmers loading baskets, trucks and trains carrying sacks, wholesale mandis where prices are fixed, and vendors sorting fresh produce in local markets. It explains weighing, bargaining, and why prices rise and fall with season, rain, and transport. The journey shows the work of many hands behind every meal and the need to avoid wasting food.
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