Rice is one of the first domesticated crops (approximately 10,000 years ago). The artificial selection farmers have made for nutrition and other traits that maximize profit have reduced its ...

Flooding largely wiped out the wild rice crop in 2022. “We need a break,” said Chris Holm, ecological resources director for the Bois Forte Band. Historic flooding hit the Rainy River Basin in ...

In the Midwest, a sacred wild rice plant has slowly vanished. University scientists and indigenous resource managers have combined their expertise to try to save it.

Wild rice — or Manoomin as the Ojibwe call it — is one of the Midwest's most sacred plants. ... Next, the crop is poured into a vessel where it will be parched in a kettle over a wood fire.

Wild genes in domestic species: ... especially the energy-dense top six—rice, wheat, corn, potatoes, soybeans and sugarcane. ... we need better crops.

Manoomin, a crop vital to the Indigenous peoples of the Upper Midwest, has been threatened in recent years. But careful stewardship is helping to bring it back. By Kevin Noble Maillard Reporting ...

Wild rice grows in shallow waterways in the Great Lakes region and parts of Canada. It’s a plant that holds important ecological and cultural significance, but it’s been on the decline since ...

The Saskatchewan Crop Insurance Corp. has provided insurance on wild rice crops since 2006, and claims are triggered when a region reports production below historical averages, the province said ...

Michigan is home to a surprising array of crops, including wild rice, mint, asparagus and sugar. Here are 10 things that grow in the state.