The Wheat Foods Council has put together a nifty flash website called How Wheat Works. If you sign up, you get to grow a virtual field of wheat, and then see all the processing it goes until it reaches your dining room table as bread or pastry. There are four “phases” – growth, harvest, milling/baking and grocer’s aisle – and you need to wait a day before completing each.

The site includes 3D flash, video clips, and animations, and got a nod of approval from my first grader.

The Wheat council is also donating two pounds of flour, up to 90,000 pounds, to Operation Homefront, a non-profit that provides assistance to needy U.S. troops and their families.

Enjoy the weekend everyone!

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