Three tribes in northern Minnesota report a late start in this year’s wild rice harvest with varying results. For Bois Forte Band of Chippewa and Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa heavy ...

“Any large community gathering.” Both Howes and Holm say the cultural significance of wild rice is the reason that both communities maintain and take care of the plant. How successful a harvest is can ...

Both Howes and Holm say the cultural significance of wild rice is the reason that both communities maintain and take care of the plant. Wild rice seeds sits on the deck of an airboat awaiting a ...

Researchers Tim Sharbel and Blaine Chartrand say the size, colour and nutritional content of wild rice could depend on the lake it grows in. Together, Tim Sharbel, a plant sciences professor at ...

Despite a disappointing wild rice harvest due to unusual weather and environmental concerns, Leech Lake recently secured a $3.6 million grant to build a tribally-owned processing plant. Wild rice ...

Kuigake are wooden poles that are about 2 meters tall, and some 60 bundles of rice plants are piled and hung on each one. Around 1,000 poles are standing in the terraced rice fields. It is said ...

They come in the springtime from Texas, Mexico and South & Central America, flocking by the thousands to dig up rice fields after farmers till soil and plant seeds. They usually feed at night ...

The Sokoto State Governor, Ahmed Aliyu, on Wednesday, launched the sale of subsidised food items, including a 50-kilogram bag of rice priced at ₦38,700. Speaking at the launch, held at the Kware ...

ON OCTOBER 4, 2024, the National Irrigation Administration (NIA) Davao del Norte Irrigation Management Office offered a total of 1,400 bags of rice, each weighing ten kilograms, for sale at P29 per ...