Especially if He commanded us to "subdue the earth."
depends which story you follow.
Gen 1:28-29 God blessed them; and God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it; and rule over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the sky and over every living thing that moves on the earth." Then God said, "Behold, I have given you every plant yielding seed that is on the surface of all the earth, and every tree which has fruit yielding seed; it shall be food for you;
Gen 2:16 The LORD God commanded the man, saying, "From any tree of the garden you may eat freely;
eat freely of the trees is a lot different than subduing the grains of the fields.