Entries for the 2025 National Festival of Breads Open November 1

November 1, 2024 Julia Debes for Kansas Wheat

Just in time for home bakers to experiment over the holidays, entries for the 2025 National Festival of Breads will open on November 1. The biennial competition invites amateur bakers to showcase their baking skills with original recipes. 

Wheat Scoop: Wheat’s on Your Mind Podcast

April 29, 2024 Julia Debes, Kansas Wheat

Whether you are a farmer, a consumer curious about where your food comes from or someone interested in agricultural marketing, this episode offers a wealth of insights into the power of effective communication in bridging the gap between farm and table.

 Wheat Foods Council Brings the Value Chain Together from Farmer to Consumer During Winter Board Meeting

March 8, 2024 Kansas Wheat

 Sharing the wonder and inner workings of the wheat industry from the farm to the miller to the baker to the end consumer is one of the goals of the Wheat Foods Council, which recently held its annual board meeting in San Antonio, Texas, in February 2024. Building those connections along the wheat value chain is a major role of the organization, according to Kansas wheat farmer Ron Suppes, who is chairing the Wheat Foods Council this year. 

If You Celebrate Bake and Take Month in March, Share More Than Bread!

Bake and Take Month, celebrated each March, is a great chance for families and service groups to get together in the kitchen. Prepare gifts of fresh-baked wheat foods for relatives, friends, co-workers, neighbors and just about anyone who likes to eat.

USDA Farm to School Plate Grant Improves Access to Local Flour in Kansas Child Nutrition Programs

November 9, 2023 Kansas Wheat

Kansas children are learning more about the wheat grown in their communities and loving eating more whole grain-rich foods, thanks to a federal grant that is enabling school districts and daycares across the state to purchase equipment and source locally produced flour.