We’ve all heard that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but did you know that children who eat breakfast have been shown to do better academically as well as behave better at school? Children who eat breakfast show improved cognitive function, attention and memory! Mornings in any…
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Giving a home-baked gift is a great way to show someone you care. This March, the Kansas Wheat Commission is teaming up with the Home Baking Association to promote Bake and Take Month. For more than 40 years, Bake and Take Month has been an opportunity to celebrate relationships with…
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Bushels, bushels, bushels. Wheat yields are calculated as bushels per acre, wheat prices are cited as dollars per bushel and overall bushels produced determines whether or not Kansas keeps its top wheat production spot. But, what exactly is a bushel? And what does a bushel mean for a…
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To eat or to not eat gluten, that is the question many dieters are asking. But do they know what gluten is? Gluten is produced when a baker adds water to flour and starts to knead the mixture into dough. Technically, gluten is produced…
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When making any type of baked good, bakers more often than not use flour to give dough rise and softness, and to add wonderful flavor and texture. We wanted to get up close and personal with this common, but often overlooked, kitchen staple. About Wheat Plants…
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Did you visit a farm in your childhood? Maybe it was your grandparents’, with rolling green pastures and an old tractor that you had to turn the key “just right” and send up a prayer for it to fire up. Or maybe the only farm you’ve ever seen is one…
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EatWheat.org was created to connect people to the farmers who grow the wheat that’s used in the foods we eat. We share the stories of wheat farmers, including production practices and the process of how wheat is grown, transported, milled, baked and delivered to the grocery store and all across…
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