People are consumers. We have to spend large parts of our days finding, buying, cooking and eating our food. Did you ever think it might be nice to be able to make your own food like plants do? Plants are producers and perform a process called photosynthesis using light from the sun, water and carbon dioxide. Carbon dioxide is the gas we exhale when we breathe. The end result of this chemical reaction is sugar for the plant to “eat.” The plant releases water and oxygen, a gas all animals need to breathe, into the air.