How Wheat Works and Operation Homefront
This is a Sponsored Post written by me on behalf of Wheat Food Council. All opinions are 100% mine.
This is so cool, I just have to share! If you are a parent, you know what it’s like when your young child is asking all those questions like “why is the sky blue?” and “where does rain come from?” Believe it or not, I even got this one once, “how do you make cereal?” Well, I now have the coolest way to answer this last one and it’s so much fun. How Wheat Works is an online program that allows you to grow your own wheat product, harvest the crop and then even mill it into the food product of your choice! I think it’s a fantastic way to give a virtual lesson on how wheat grows and is used to feed millions of people!
There are 4 phases to this virtual world, growth, harvest, milling/baking and finally, the grocery aisle. Each of the four phases will only take a few minutes to complete, so even the youngest child won’t get bored. One phase can be completed per day, so the entire process can be completed in 4 days. There are also activity suggestions at the end of each phase to help learn that much more about the process and hopefully help us all to make better, healthier food choices.
What got me even more excited was that for every person that completes the four phase program, the Wheat Foods Council will donate 2 pounds (up to 90,000 pounds) of flour to Operation Homefront, a non-profit that provides assistance to needy U.S. troops and their families. What an excellent opportunity to repay some of those who fight to keep us safe in this country.
I’ve completed phase one and will get an email tomorrow reminding me to return to complete phase 2. I’m going to have my daughter grow a crop too so we compare our results. If you would like more information, you can also check out www.wheatfoods.org
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