1. a) Why is hard red spring wheat such a popular type of wheat worldwide?
b) Where is most of the hard red sold?
c) Compare the normal price of wheat to its February price.

2. Wheat prices are high because supply in the U.S. and worldwide is at an all-time low. List the causes that have led to the wheat shortage.

3. a) What might the U.S. do to offset the wheat shortage here?
b) How could this solution affect China and India, countries that have an increasing demand for wheat?

4. a) How has the rising cost of wheat affected Americans? (see paragraphs 7-8, 13)
b) Ask a parent how the rising cost of wheat has directly affected your family.

5. How are increased food prices affecting people in poor countries like Haiti, Egypt and Sudan? (see paragraphs 13-15, 18-19)

6. What is the U.S. government doing to aid poor countries in Africa and elsewhere?

7. From paragraph 26: "Aid groups wrestle with whether it is best simply to give hungry people food or to allow them to earn money to "buy" it."
What do you think? Explain your answer.