Down the old mill road

Perhaps no other crop exemplifies the commodification, industrialization,and globalization of agriculture more than wheat.  But the seeming growing desire to return to a more regional and diversified food system is even beginning to show up in this poster child commodity.  Check out this recent story from the NYT:

http://nyti.ms/1GM2AlL

It profiles the work of Dr. Stephen Jones, director of the Bread Lab, at the Washington State University campus in Mount Vernon, Wash.  It also provides a brief but fascinating history of wheat growing, milling, and bread making.