This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.
Wheat – it is a food we often hear about and is in just about every food we eat. But do you know where it comes from? Do you know about the different types of wheat and what type is needed to make which item? I’ll happily admit that I do not know these things. I know that it is recommended to eat whole grain wheat and that I need to add more of it into my diet but I couldn’t tell you anything about the actual ingredient.
That is changing though thanks to a fun website called How Wheat Works. This website allows you to learn about the rich history behind wheat as well as picking a type of grain and “growing” it from a seed and then later using it as an ingredient in your favorite food item. I am currently growing hard wheat. Hard wheat can be found in things such as pizza crust, bagels, and all purpose flour. Since I just signed up tonight on the website (for free of course!) I haven’t made it past phase 1 which is the planting phase. I am to go back tomorrow to enter phase 2 and hopefully by the end of the week I’ll be able to make a tasty bagel. 
This website, while it is educational for each of us, serves a greater purpose. The website is being sponsored by ADM and ConAgra, two of the world’s largest millers. In this sponsorship, the Wheat Foods Council will donate 2 pounds of flour (up to 90,000 pounds) to Operation Homefront, which is a non-profit organization that provides assistant to needy US Troops and their families. In order to “earn” the 2 pounds, you and I need to complete the wheat program on the website. It only takes a few minutes a day and it is completely free, so you should head over to HowWheatWorks.com and start your wheat harvest. In the time it takes to read this post, you could already have planted your crop and watched it grow. This is a great website, full of educational opportunities, and I encourage everyone to sign up. Even kids are getting into the act with the website dedicated to them: Wheatfoods.org
