The food chain, which is sometimes called a food web, starts with plants because they are the producers. You cannot have a food chain until food has been produced. Plants are called producers because they use energy from the sun to make their own food through a process called photosynthesis.

Thus the living part of afood chainalwaysstartswithplantlife and ends with an animal.Plants arecalled producers because theyareable to use light energy from the sun to producefood(sugar) from carbon dioxide and water. Animals cannot make their ownfoodso theymusteatplantsand/or other animals.

Thefood chain, which is sometimes called afoodweb,startswith plants because they are theproducers. You cannot have afood chainuntilfoodhas been produced. Plants are calledproducersbecause they use energy from the sun to make their ownfoodthrough a process called photosynthesis.

Thefood chain, which is sometimes called afoodweb,startswith plants because they are theproducers. You cannot have afood chainuntilfoodhas been produced. Plants are calledproducersbecause they use energy from the sun to make their ownfoodthrough a process called photosynthesis.

food chain always starts with the producers because without the existing food product the food chain cannot be existing..

All the food chains start from producers because producers are those who make food for other or themselves ,if they are in middle or last position then the first trophic level have no any way to take their's food as long as they die this result in ending position of them .