Playing With Wheat
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The wheat field at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel in April.
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The wheat field at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel in June, ready for harvest.
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Part of the presentation by the 6th Grade Ag Enrichment students at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel.
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Part of the presentation by the 6th Grade Ag Enrichment students at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel.
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The students at Lillian Larsen Elementary School in San Miguel are harvesting their wheat.
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The students harvest the wheat with scissors and take it to the thresher.
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The wheat gets put through this small, portable thresher that separates the wheat berry from the chaff.
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Wheat berries ready to be milled into flour.
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This tabletop mill is used to demonstrate to the students.
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The flour is then used to make food!
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At Shandon Elementary School, there is a stone mill that makes flour for both Shandon and San Miguel Schools.
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On the mill, the bottom stone is visible and stationary. The top stone that turns is not visible.
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The specialty wheat varieties used at Shandon and San Miguel Schools goes into the hopper and ground into flour.
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From grain to flour in a flash!
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The final product is ready for baking.
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