Gothamist: Amber Waves of Grain Sprout in the Seaport

Rob T Firefly

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 09:48:25 -0500

Does it come with an omnipotent little boy who can wish you into the wheatfield if you make him angry?

NannyState

Thu, 09 Oct 2008 03:22:19 -0500

Why didn't they just take the government check to not plant this year?

pete

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:34:03 -0500

Tax cuts on wheat? or 100% tax rate on wheat imports? you decide what they were lobbying for

matty

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:20:11 -0500

did you know that the mother flour at the san francisco based boudin bread company is 140 years old? well, did you?

JacqueMehoff

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:19:06 -0500

ick, but then with the economy in shambles milling our own wheat doesn't sound like a bad idea.

riotturtle

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:13:34 -0500

"the lifecycle of the wheat kernel" you know, unless that wheat kernel happens to be and unwilling participant in a dumb publicity stunt and is subsequently thrown in a dumpster at the end of the day. idiotic.

glennQNYC

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:10:10 -0500

Sounds like the Wheat Foods Council has money to burn...

palndrom23

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:08:11 -0500

"...but mostly it just seems fun to frolic in." — Awesome "reporting".

matty

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:56:59 -0500

sarah vowell thinks wheat is sooooo laaaame.

ides_of_march

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:56:09 -0500

This will be rather confusing to many Manhattanites who think bread and other food grows under plastic wrappers in D'Agostinos.

longacre

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:54:10 -0500

Moving all that material and equipment here for one day sounds very green of them.

drewo

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:53:29 -0500

In a related story, a subway platform is being built in a field in Nebraska.

pkreder

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:38:39 -0500

yeah it'll he hilarious when someone is running their hands through the wheat and gets bitten by a family of rats...hilarious I tell ya.