Wheat belongs to the Poaceae family of grasses and is believed to have originated in the Euphrates River valley in the Middle East at least 9,000 years ago. It is now found on all continents. There are now over 30,000 varieties of wheat that developed from cross breeding of six basic types of the plant. Wheat was originally eaten raw by chewing it and was later ground into flour for baking. today, it is a staple food in most countries around the world. Wheat usually grows from 2 to 4 ft ( 0.6 to 1.2 M ) high, depending on...
We are often asked if our flour is from GMO Wheat So far, there is no commercially grown GM wheat harvested anywhere in the world. Wheat has been hybridized ( modified naturally ) for decades but not genetically modified. In 2004, Monsanto withdrew it’s requests for government approval of its herbicide tolerant GM wheat in Canada and the US because of widespread farmer and consumer protest in both countries and around the world so as yet, there is no GMO wjeat grown in the world. However , Monsanto re-launched research into GM wheat in 2009 and the biotechnology industry is...