HOW DO WE GET BREAD?
Bread ranks as the world’s most widely eaten food. We know that bread is a staple of our diet, but do we know how many workers play a role in its production?
Wheat is the most common grain used to make bread. It covers more of the Earth’s surface than any other crop. To grow wheat, farmers must have seed, which is bought from a grain store merchant.
To plant the wheat, farmer break up the soil with a machine called a spring tooth harrow. A tractor drawn machine called a drill then furrows into the soil to plant the seeds.
Following the harvest, truck drivers carry the grain to storage towers called silos, where it is graded by wheat merchants before sending it on to the mill.
When the crop is ready to harvest, usually thirty to sixty days later, a combine harvester is used to cut the stalks and separate the kernels from the rest of the plant.
At the mill, millers grind the wheat through computer operated metal rollers to make a powdery substance called flour. The flour is then bagged and sold to warehouses.