This Was Wheat Farming

From Grain to Glory: A History of Wheat Farming

Reach into the grain bin for a handful of wheat…and as it runs out through your fingers, so do more than 6000 years since wheat was grown in Persian Gulf lands. The story of this age-old, most extensive grain crop the world has ever seen, parallels that of mankind, and author Kirby Brumfield makes the point clear.

Wheat in the Northwest? Yes, it’s all here, acres of it in Oregon, Washington, and Idaho. The lore of the harvest i…