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A brief history of wheatPosted Dec 22nd 2005 1:07PM by Nick VagnoniFiled under: Grains, Magazines, The History of...This month's Economist features an article entitled "Ears of Plenty: The Story of
Wheat." While it would be impossible for a magazine-length article to cover all the nuances of such a
ubiquitous staple crop, this piece does well to cover some of the major factors and figures in the development of
wheat. It begins with a short discussion of the current decline of wheat production, which the author later attributes
to the grain's distaste for genetic modification(wheat is apparently much more complex than other staple grains like
corn and rice). What follows are short descriptions of how wheat spread across the globe; how its demand for fertilizer
sparked revolts and plunged guano into the spotlight; and asides on some of the major players in the wheat world.
Although the article ends with some loosely-related digression on world hunger and population changes, it's still worth
a read.
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