Wheat Photo Gallery

Wheat Field during Harvest

An organic wheat harvest in Wyoming, near the Nebraska border. Each combine is 23 feet tall and cuts a 36 foot side path, and each grain bin olds 350 bushels.

Wheat Ready for Harvest

This is what wheat looks like before the individual kernels are separated from the spikes.

Red Wheat Berries
Triticum aestivum L.

Individual wheat kernels are usually referred to as “wheat berries” when they’re sold in stores. You can cook these whole kernels, or berries, just as you’d cook rice – to enjoy as a side dish.

Red Wheat is the most commonly-grown wheat in the U.S. An albino variety of wheat, called White Wheat, has a lighter color and milder taste but is equally nutritious.

Spelt
Triticum spelta L.

Spelt is perhaps the best known of the “ancient” wheats. Some eight centuries ago, when spelt had already been cultivated for several millennia, Hildegard von Bingen wrote of spelt, “The spelt is the best of grains. It is rich and nourishing and milder than other grain. It produces a strong body and healthy blood to those who eat it and makes the spirit of man light and cheerful.”  Today, once again, spelt breads and pastas are fairly widely available. 

Khorosan Wheat
Triticum turgidum, ssp. turanicum

Khorosan wheat, often sold under the brand name Kamut®, is considered a type of durum wheat. As part of the brand identity, Kamut® khorosan is always organic, and is higher in zinc, magnesium and especially selenium, when compared to modern wheat. Kamut® khorosan is especially popular in Italy, a country responsible for about half of world-wide production. Click here for more.

Emmer or Farro
Triticum turgidum L. group dicoccum

Emmer, also known as Farro, is one of the oldest forms of wheat we know. Pliny the Elder, natural historian of the Roman Empire, wrote about emmer as already ancient in his time; he described how it was formerly called adoreum (or “glory”) and played a major role in religious sacrifices.

Wheat Flakes

We’re used to seeing oats in flaked (rolled) form. You may be surprised to know that wheat flakes are also widely available (we bought these at our local health food store) and make a fun addition to baked goods or a tasty breakfast cereal.

Spelt Flakes

Ditto everything above, but this time these are spelt flakes.

Kamut® Puffs

Any kind of wheat can be puffed. These puffs just happen to be made from  Kamut®. Unlike corn, amaranth, and sorghum, all of which can be puffed (think popped!) in your kitchen, it takes industrial machinery to get wheat to pop open like this.

Bulgur Wheat

Bulgur is not a variety of wheat like those above – it’s a traditional way of processing wheat. To make bulgur, the wheat kernels are cooked, then dried, then broken up into smaller pieces. Because bulgur is largely pre-cooked, you can “finish it off” in your kitchen in about 15-20 minutes.

Two kinds of bulgur are pictured here: red wheat bulgur on the left and white wheat bulgur on the right.

Whole Wheat Flours

Yes, these are BOTH whole wheat flours. On the left you see traditional whole wheat flour, made from red wheat, and on the right, it’s white whole wheat flour, made from white wheat.