Producer?

One of my students asked me today, in all seriousness, "Are women producers since they make milk for babies to drink?"

Woah! That one caught me off guard just a tad. I told her no because they must eat in order for the food to be produced; they don't make their own energy like plants do with photosynthesis. The question seemed random, but we did just finish talking about producers, consumers, and decomposers recently. Maybe it was not so out of the blue after all.

Though I had given her an answer, I still sent her across the hall to Mrs. Roth to make sure I was right... Kelly got a good laugh out of it!