What is a producer in biology?

Producers are in the first trophic level in a food chain. It serves as a food source for consumers or for higher trophic levels. Producers are responsible for the production of organic compounds from atmospheric or aquatic carbon dioxide. read more

Biologists use the term producer to describe green plants that synthesize food through the process photosynthesis. Producers form the bottom rung of the food chain, and they serve as food for animals, which bear the name consumers. read more

Since biology concerns life, producers and consumers are living things, or organisms. Producers make the food for the rest of us, and since we consume that food, we're called consumers. Let's look more closely at each of these types of organisms. read more

Biologists use the term producer to describe green plants that synthesize food through the process photosynthesis. Producers form the bottom rung of the food chain, and they serve as food for animals, which bear the name consumers. Without producers, the food chain would collapse because all other living organisms depend on them for food. read more