How Wheat Works: Learn and Give!

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

“Bread: the Staff of Life.”

How many times have we heard that?

It’s true! Did you know that mankind has been harvesting some form of wheat ever since the beginning? Wheat is one of the oldest grains planted by man. However, wheat was not planted in the United States until 1777. Today, the Mid-West is known as the “Breadbasket” of the United States. The climate and flat land is conducive to thriving wheat fields. And did you know that there are 6 classes of wheat grown in the U.S.?

Yes, we’ve been studying. There is a SUPERB educational website called How Wheat Works. It’s sponsored by the Wheat Foods Council. It’s a really neat site! It teaches you about the history of wheat, it’s importance in the world, and it versatility. It’s an educational-type site, but there’s a lot more to the site. Homeschoolers- definitely check it out! You will be greatly “enriched”! :shades:

In a nutshell, How Wheat Works is an interactive multimedia website that educates you about wheat. I have been browsing the site for about a half an hour, and I already know more about wheat than I did in my entire lifetime! The How Wheat Works website gets you involved in the process of “growing” wheat. The very cool thing about it is that the Wheat Council will actually donate wheat! It’s through Operation Homefront, a non-profit organization that gives aid to needy U.S. troops and families. For every participant in the How Wheat Works program, the Council will donate up to 2 pounds of flour (up to 90,000 pounds) to Operation Homefront.

I started out by registering with the site (very quick and easy). Then, I signed in and started learning about the wheat-growing process, and I virtually spread some wheat kernels to grow on the farm. In 24 hours, I will receive an email telling me about the next step. All along the way, there are snippets of history and information about wheat, about growing it, and the impact wheat has had on civilizations. It’s a fascinating tour and the website is very well done. The graphics are like a video game, and the information is in small chunks- enough to make it fun and easy. This is a great resource and reference site for kids- very user-friendly- and it has links to other kid-related, recipe-related, and educational-related sites. Be sure to bookmark it. You can also send the kids to the website www.wheatfoods.org for more stuff to discover and do.

The websites are PERFECT for kids learning about the United States, the food cycle, history of the Mid-West, cooking, and other educational topics. The kids and I liked going through some of the stages of our “wheat growing.” And it’s a blessing to be able to help U.S. troops all at the same time.

Please take a look at the site. I’m always asking people to consider giving to the needy, especially over the holidays. Websites like How Wheat Works has made it SO easy to do it, and you will learn so much in the process, too! And this is a marvelous opportunity to get the kids involved in learning about the foods they eat, and in giving to others.

My wheat brand I’m growing is “durum.” What’s yours? :D

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