text: i need to know about wheat, the plant and how it get turns into flour?   wheat is a grass.  the seed/grain is harvested.  the grain is then crushed for whole wheat flour.  it is seperated and crushed for white flour.  sometimes the flour is bleached. http://www.itlnet.net/farm.asp http://www.itlnet.net/research.asp http://home.howstuffworks.com/grain-basics-ga.htm http://home.howstuffworks.com/bread.htm