WHEAT, OUR DAILY BREAD

The main crop grown worldwide

Synopsis

Wheat dates back to the dawn of farming. Now, millennia later, it’s the main crop grown worldwide and the basic food for a third of the world’s population.

In France, Europe’s leading producer, wheat plays a major role in agriculture and national culture.

But those who grow wheat are threatened by climate change and the instability of prices on the world market. So a question arises: is this the end of the golden wheat sheaf’s reign?