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Abstract: Growing interest in environmental quality has provided a strong incentive to examine how farming practices affect agricultural products’ carbon footprints (CF), an environmental quality indicator. This study determined (i) the CF of spring wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) grown in different cropping systems over 25 years, and (ii) the effect of soil organic carbon (SOC) changes over years on wheat CF. Wheat was grown in four cropping systems: (a) fallow-wheat (FW), (b) fallow-wheat-wheat (FWW), (c) fallow-wheat-wheat-wheat-wheat-wheat (FWWWWW), and (d) continuous wheat (ContW), in replicated field plots in Saskatchewan, Canada. Wheat CF was calculated at a system level with measured variables coupled with modeling approaches. Over the 25-year period, the soil under the ContW system gained organic C of 1340kgCO2 eqha−1 annually, or 38%, 55%, and 127% more than those gained in the FWWWWW, FWW, and FW systems, respectively. The SOC gain more than offset the greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions occurred during wheat production, leading to negative emission values at −742kgCO2 eqha−1 annually for ContW, and −459, −404, and −191kgCO2 eqha−1 for FWWWWW, FWW, and FW systems, respectively. Wheat in the ContW system produced the highest grain yield and gained highest SOC over the years, leading to the smallest (more negative) CF value at −0.441kgCO2 eqkg−1 of grain, significantly lower than the CF values from the three other systems (−0.102 to −0.116kgCO2 eqkg−1 of grain). Without considering the SOC gain in the calculation, wheat CF averaged 0.343kgCO2 eqkg−1 of grain and which did not differ among cropping systems. Wheat is the largest agricultural commodity in Saskatchewan, and the way the crop is produced has significant impacts on environmental quality, reflected by its carbon footprint. Cropping systems with decreased fallow frequency was shown to significantly enhance soil carbon gains over the years, increase annualized crop yields, and effectively lower the carbon footprint of this important commodity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]