1. During the height of the Roman Empire, farro was used as a primary food and probably even as money.
2. Seafood, including sardines, anchovies and mussels, may have been their primary food, as indicated by remains found at the inland site.
3. The leaves have high levels of calcium, making them a primary food for lactating deer.
4. Horseshoe crab eggs that smear Delaware Bay beaches and other coastal points during spawning season are a primary food source for some migratory birds.
5. In making the crossing, the foxes ditched the coyotes, the mountain lions and anything else that might look upon them as a primary food source.
6. It so disrupted the normal growth cycles of shrubs and trees that the plants eventually died out, depriving the huge birds and other animals of their primary food.
7. Kmart on Monday failed to make a regular weekly payment to its primary food distributor.
8. Kmart slipped a step closer toward bankruptcy after the troubled discount retailer failed to make its regular weekly payment to its primary food distributor.
9. Rice, the primary staple food, is widely available on the free market, but at prices higher than in state stores.