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Why Wild Rice Isn't Actually Rice
Although it sits in the same aisle of the grocery store, wild rice isn't actually a type of rice at all. Don't worry, the ...
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Michigan’s tribal experts want to save wild rice. Here’s how they’ll do it.
Cultural importance of manoomin – or wild rice – among Michigan’s Native nations at the heart of stewardship plan.
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From wild to domesticated: Scientists reveal 100,000 years of continuous rice evolution
According to a study published in Science, researchers have used phytolith analysis and other methods to reveal the continuous evolutionary history of rice from wild to domesticated over an ...
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‘Finding Manoomin: A Search for the Spirit of Wild Rice’
From LeahConnecting with my Ojibwe heritage by learning to harvest wild rice MPR News senior editor Leah Lemm walks with her son Marvin from his school bus stop on Jan. 2. So, she set out with a ...
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Why Manoomin wild rice costs 15 times as much as white rice
An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.
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Texas Wild Rice Is the Coolest Plant You’ve Never Heard Of
If you’ve never heard of Texas wild rice, you’re not alone. The plant’s obscurity is a consequence of its rarity. Endemic to Central Texas and listed as federally endangered, Zizania texana ...