Wheat Wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. The many species of wheat together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat ("T. aestivum"). The archaeological record suggests that wheat was first cultivated in the regions of the Fertile Crescent around 9600 BCE. Botanically, the wheat kernel is a type of fruit called a caryopsis. Wheat is grown on more land area than any other food crop (220.4 million hectares, 2014). World trade in wheat is greater than for all other crops combined. In 2016,
Mr. T Cereal of a packet of Mr. T. stickers, which were packaged inside boxes of the cereal. Some collectors have collected Mr. T. Cereal, and some collectors have retained unopened boxes of it with the cereal still in the box. Mr. T Cereal appeared in the film "Pee Wee's Big Adventure", in which Pee Wee Herman held a box of the cereal and stated "I pity the poor fool that don't eat my cereal." After this, Pee-wee opened the box and poured the cereal over a dish of eggs and pancakes. It is part of the "I pity the fool" catchphrase that