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> “a two-acre wheat field that was planted in May 1982 on the landfill that would eventually become Battery Park City” I would not eat wheat grown from a New Y
by webninja 8y ago
> “a two-acre wheat field that was planted in May 1982 on the landfill that would eventually become Battery Park City”
I would not eat wheat grown from a New York landfill.
- reaperducer 8y agoDifferent kind of landfill.
- ars 8y agoDepends how deeply it was covered.
- mc32 8y agoTo be fair it was an art installation. It may seem whimsical but at the same time it was a juxta or urbanity (which is known to think of itself as divorced from the far flung hinterlands that feed it) and farm. Business and cultivation. Suits and overalls. I think it was a pretty cool installation. Not as flamboyant as that artist who circumscribed islets with pink plastic film[1], but to me it has more meaning. [1]Christo
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoThe Irish Hunger Memorial is worth a visit to experience such a juxtaposition in BPC today.
- rhapsodic 8y agoBy "landfill", they mean land that was created by filling in the Hudson River, not a landfill where refuse is buried. But still, I would eat anything made from that wheat.
- jandrese 8y agoYeah, the Hudson probably had just as much trash in it.
- jimmaswell 8y agoTo add context, that river is polluted with things like PCBs and mercury to the extent that official guidance is to not eat fish you catch there.
- ndnxhs 8y agoAll seafood is contaminated with mercury from coal mining/burning