The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Jacknerik on 2024-12-21 18:04:19.

Original Title: TIL that in 1982, an artist and her assistants grew, cared for, and harvested an entire wheatfield in the middle of New York City on top of the landfill created by the construction of The World Trade Center, a piece of land worth 4.5 billion dollars at the time.