From the Dakotas to Texas, wheat acres have been on the decline, due to higher temperatures, drought and farmers shifting to more profitable crops. New innovations could rejuvenate the state of wheat ...

When you think of lowering your grocery bill with homegrown food, wheat probably isn’t the first thing that pops into your mind. Tomatoes, lettuce, and perhaps a flock of backyard chickens often make ...

Don Webb uses a team of Belgian Draft horses and an antique grain drill to plant spelt in Pittston, Maine. A man chews a wheat berry to see if it's ready for harvest. If it's crisp, it's ready. The ...

Kansas is an important “breadbasket” state because of its massive wheat production, but in recent years that’s been changing. With poor profits and drier climates, wheat has been harder to manage. New ...

Officials with the Washington State University Bread Lab believe a wheat variety they have in development with a large, blue-gray kernel will take grain production into a drastically new realm.

The first step to planning for a wheat crop is observation of last year’s crop. Observing different fields, attending wheat field days and reading about varieties will provide you with information to ...

Climate change is affecting our food, and our food is affecting the climate. NPR is dedicating a week to stories and conversations about the search for solutions. It’s a drizzly, cold spring day ...

An important book from authors Sarah Simpson and Heather McLeod, Uprisings (New Society Publishers, 2013) shows how communities can take back their power by reviving local grain production to improve ...

Grab a stone and a handful of wheat kernels and start pounding away and you're milling grain. Hard to think that's how it all started as you tilt your head back outside Archer Daniels Midland's new ...