Wheat #4 Mystery Cache

Quick facts about wheat:

1. Wheat is a member of the grass family that produces a dry, one-seeded fruit commonly called a kernel.

2. It originated in the “cradle of civilization” in the Tigris and Euphrates river valley, near what is now Iraq.

3. Wheat has been cultivated for over 10,000 years.

4. Pharaohs in ancient Egypt were buried with wheat.

5. Wheat is the most widely gown commercial crop in the world and provides 20% of daily protein and food calories.

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