Why is the starting point of a food chain always a plant?

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A food chain always starts with a plant (producer), which is an organism that makes food. Green plants absorb energy of the sun to manufacture their food by photosynthesis. This stored energy (in the form of food) is then passed on from producer (plants) to plant-eaters and to animal-eaters.

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