When I came across this wheat field I thought it was withered grain. The stalks were beige but the ears were black, they looked scorched.

As it turns out a friend of ours. who is a master miller, told me differently. This is emmer wheat, a kind of wheat that was among the first grains cultivated in Europe and the Middle East. Today it is regaining some popularity, particularly black emmer as can be a winter crop.

Midweek Monochrome

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