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If possible, give wheat berries the smell test before buying. “They should smell clean and earthy, not funky or bitter,” Jacobi says. To preserve freshness, keep refrigerated or frozen.

There’s “renewed interest in preserving since so many people took up gardening in 2020,” according to Laura Griffin, county extension specialist for Colorado State University in Pueblo.