Wild rice is a whole grain that has been growing in popularity in recent years. It’s very nutritious and believed to offer numerous health benefits. Though research is limited, a few studies have ...

Wild rice truly is a wild, natural food. While several varieties exist, the most commonly available are Zizania palustris, or Northern wild rice, and Zizania aquatica, or wild rice. While it is now ...

Native to the Great Lakes region, wild rice (it's actually marsh grass seed) is now increasingly cultivated. Minnesotans bake their state grain into cheesy "hot dishes," steam them into pilafs and ...

Roger Labine uses ricing sticks, or knockers, to harvest wild rice on Lake Tawas. Every year as summer ends, Indigenous Michiganders head out onto lakes and rivers to collect wild rice, a staple food ...