Discover How Wheat Works

Every day millions of people eat wheat foods, America's most-consumed grain, but many don't realize that before wheat becomes a delicious pasta dish or pie, it partakes in a fascinating journey. So, the Wheat Foods Council created How Wheat Works to teach you how the food on your plate comes to be and why it is an important part of a healthy diet.

How Wheat Works is a virtual farm-to-fork experience built for people of all ages. You will have the opportunity to grow and harvest your own wheat field, mill the golden grain and create your wheat food of choice. This exciting, interactive program is filled with factual information, vibrant video and 3-D animation and fun, educational activities.

By completing the program, you will not only gain a wealth of wheat knowledge, you will help give wheat to those in need. For each person who completes this program, the Wheat Foods Council will donate one pound of flour to OPERATION Homefront - a non-profit that provides emergency and morale assistance for U.S. troops and their families. We will donate up to 90,000 pounds of flour, which is about 2,143 bushels of wheat and it can be used to bake 1,440,000 blueberry muffins!  These donations are made possible by our members at ADM and ConAgra Mills, two of the world’s largest millers.

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The Wheat Foods Council's virtual How Wheat Works website has been recognized with a Kid Scoop Choice Web Award! Kid Scoop is an internationally syndicated newspaper page for children that appears in nearly 400 newspapers. They have a circulation of more than 7 million and have thousands of people coming to their companion website, KidScoop.