Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes of cultivating a better black pearl rice plant. After growing generations and generations ...

Even in organic cultivation ... communities use at least 95 species of wild plants from rice fields and surrounding habitats for purposes ranging from curing fever and cough to treating stomach ...

Few dishes meet that need like wild rice soup — a creamy, earthy, and deeply Minnesotan staple. Found on menus from ...