The Wheat Process

This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.

Sure, I live in the middle of the breadbasket of the United States, but I will admit how little I know about how farmers take our wheat and somehow it ends up bread on the stores shelves. Ok, I know that wheat grows, they grind it (and only the seeds, not the entire grassy plant) and the wheat flour is made into bread. Simple, right?

But there is so much more than that! And now, thanks to the Wheat Foods Council

there is a website called How Wheat Works that teaches the field to fork journey of wheat. This interactive website taught me so much - I didn't know that Kansas primarily grows hard winter wheat and few Duram wheat or that hard winter wheat is used to make bagels! (My farming friends are shaking their heads in dismay at what they failed to teach me).

This site is really fun! You pick the type of wheat you want to plant, then you learn what that wheat is used to make and where it grows the best climate wise. Then, it is split into different phases - planting, harvesting, milling/baking and grocer's aisle. Each phase is separated by 24 hours so you have to return to the website the next day to continue with your progress. This site has so much information, I loved every second! And as a bonus, it also has recipes too.

As if it couldn't get any better, for every participant on the site the council will donate 2 pounds of flour (up to 90,000 pounds) to Operation Homefront - a non profit organization that provides assistance to needy U.S. troops and their families. I signed up tonight - that is 2 more pounds to a family in need! This donation is made possible by two of the world's largest millers - ADM and ConAgra.

I can't wait to see how my wheat grows - I get to harvest it tomorrow! '