Henry D. Perky forever changed the face of breakfast when he received a patent for shredded wheat on this day in history, Aug. 1, 1893. The Ohio-born Perky — later a resident of Denver via Nebraska — ...

An international team of researchers led by UMD scientists have sequenced the complete genome for einkorn wheat, the world’s first domesticated crop and traced its evolutionary history. The ...

Wheat just might be the most important plant in human history. Ancient peoples picked it wild when it was ripe in late summer. Some historians peg the first wheat cultivation to about 10,000-12,000 ...

The film explores the Prairie Provinces of Canada, highlighting their agricultural and natural resource wealth, particularly wheat and oil. It discusses the historical significance of the Hudson's Bay ...

1903: William Farrer begins distributing Federation wheat. Wheat was one of the first crops planted by colonists in Australia, in 1788. Although initial harvests were poor, the grain soon became ...

"In The Globalization of Wheat, Marci R. Baranski explores Norman Borlaug's complicated legacy as godfather of the Green Revolution. Winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1970 for his role in fighting ...