La+comida+de+Peru


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[|Food production in Peru is a major industry.]

[|Food production in Peru is a major industry.]

[|The fruits and vegetables that are grown and raised in Peru is maize, tomatoes, potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, and peanuts and they are grown every where that they can. The animals grown and raised in the country are many types of fish on the coast and then theres cows and horses in the hotter places.]

[|There is a fishing industry and the animals harvested are over 2,000 species of fish and there are saltwater fish and fresh water fish. They harvest more fish than any other country on the Earth. One type of fish eaten alot is white fish.]

[|The food products that are imported are fast foods from the United States.]

[|The food products that are exported are wheats,cotttons, coarse grains, soybean, oil, and animal fats and they are exported to many parts of South America and Peruvian meals are exported to the United States.]

[|Thirty five percent] of the population grows or raises their food. [|10.4 million]acres are used for farming in Peru. [|Fifty percent]of Peruvian people are in poverty and more are even below the poverty level. The main diet of Peru is one of the [|most diverse in the world]. It is different in the different communities. An example of Peruvian cuisine in the Andes is usually corn, potatoes, and an assortment of different vegetables and the cuisine in the coast in Lima is fancier and have incorporated different foods that the Spanish conquestadors used. In every region the food is different. From fancy, expensive food to only crops grown.