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Silo

Installed on a grain silo in Omaha, Nebraska by the non-profit Emerging Terrain, the banner SPEAK UP FOR SMALL FARMS is conceived as a landscape of political activism.

The banner is a quilt of 539 colored hexagons with each swatch indicating a Senate or Congressional district and enjoining them with the printed statement, SPEAK UP FOR SMALL FARMS. The banner is a roll call of those who have the power to change the way we legislate and regulate farming in the United States.

After exhibition, the banner will be harvested by a regional group of farmers, and each hexagon will be detached and mailed to the designated US Senator, Member of the House of Representatives, and host cities Mayor.