FROM WHEAT SEED TO TABLE
Farmers plant seeds which grow into wheat. The grains from the wheat
plants are used to make flour. Flour can be used to make lots of
different foods, like the bread or breakfast cereal you have at
breakfast, and biscuits and cakes.
A field the size of a football pitch would grow enough wheat to
make over 11,000 loaves of bread!
Follow the steps in the grain chain to see how the
farmer's wheat seed is transformed into the toast on your table.
The farmer ploughs (digs up) the field so it is ready for the
seeds
The seeds grow into plants. They need rain and sunshine to
make them grow.
Grain from the harvested plants is taken to a mill and made
into flour
Bread is taken to the shops
The farmer uses a machine to plant the seeds in small holes
in the soil
When the plants are big enough, the farmer harvests them
A baker uses the flour to make bread
Shoppers buy the bread – it makes great toast or sandwiches!
