Giant portraits celebrating American farmers and ranchers will be on display during Dakotafest and the Corn Palace Festival here in Mitchell next week.
Invest in Our Land Executive Director and Aberdeen, SD, area native Rebecca Bartels says the images will become part of what’s being called “the largest participatory art project in the world. “And so while the portraits are beautiful and giant, and will be pasted all over the Corn Palace and throughout our space at Dakotafest…it’s a call to action to protect conservation funding,” said Bartels.
Invest in Our Land is an organization that elevates the voices of farmers across the country to educate their fellow Americans about the importance of safeguarding the future of U.S. farms.
Bartels says producers can have their photo added to the collection by stopping by Invest in Our Land’s space at Dakotafest.
The portraits will hang at the Corn Palace from Aug. 19-22, then moved to Washington, D.C..
Dakotafest is Aug. 19-21, 2025, and the Corn Palace Festival is Aug. 20-24, 2025, again, both in Mitchell, SD.