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Without the producer, all organisms in that food chain would have to find another producer, or they would die. For instance, pandas are an endangered species because they only eat bamboo shoots. When they cannot find enough bamboo shoots, they are not able to successfully switch to another plant for food.

The producers (plants) make the food. All other organisms consume the food, either directly by eating plants, or indirectly by eating other animals.

Without the producer you do not have food, and therefore you do not have a food chain.

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