Ripe Wheat Ears in the Wind: the Gold of Summer in Spinazzola

A close-up of ripe wheat ears, a few days before harvest. The ears, loaded with grains, bend slightly under their own weight, ready to be harvested. The intense golden color, characteristic of fully ripe wheat, fills the image creating an almost abstract effect. A solitary cloud in the blue sky adds a touch of poetry to this typical scene of Murgian summer. In the fields of Spinazzola, as throughout the Murge Plateau, durum wheat represents the main crop, a source of livelihood for generations of farmers and raw material for Italian pasta.

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