To 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
The Irish Hunger Memorial is worth a visit to experience such a juxtaposition in BPC today.
Different kind of landfill.
Depends how deeply it was covered.
By "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.
Yeah, the Hudson probably had just as much trash in it.
To 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.
All seafood is contaminated with mercury from coal mining/burning