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The wheat field behind Wild Crumb Bakery in north Bozeman will be harvested in a public celebration on Sunday, September 8. In October 2023, artist Agnes Denes installed “Wheatfield—An Inspiration. The Seed Is in the Soil” at Tinworks Art. The interactive ecological work invited community members to plant native wheat in the field, throughout Bozeman, and in their own backyards.
A press release from Tinworks Art on August 26 said that at the September 8 celebration, plant science students from Montana State University will be on hand to teach attendees how to hand harvest, thresh, clean and mill wheat in small batches. The first 300 guests to attend will receive a small package of the harvested wheat to use either as a souvenir or as seed for their own crop.
According to the press release, Tinworks’ wheat will be milled into flour and baked into Wild Crumb bread in the fall. In partnership with the Gallatin Valley Food Bank, the bread will be sold to the public and distributed throughout the community.
Denes is known for her ecological artwork. In 1982, she was farming a 2-acre wheat field in Lower Manhattan, New York.
“The redevelopment of Wheatfield in Bozeman was particularly appealing to Denes because
the significant role that wheat has played in Montana’s economy, the increasing loss of farmland due to the region’s rapid urban growth, and the opportunity to reclaim another valuable piece of land through an artistic ecological intervention,” the press release states.
The Thanksgiving Festival will take place on September 8th from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
