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The Philippines needs rice — but young people don’t want to farm it
He has been farming rice since age 10 ... At IRRI’s gene bank, walk-in freezers hold 132,000 varieties and wild species of rice. Scientists are using gene editing to harness an “elite breeding ...
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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 ...
Step aside, lettuce. Elevate your next grain salad with easy wild rice
When ready to eat, in a large bowl, combine shallots, lemon zest and juice, oil, salt and pepper. Mix well and lit sit for 15 ...
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Martian soil may have all the nutrients rice needs
The researchers also tried growing rice in soil with added perchlorate. They sourced one wild rice variety and two cultivars with a genetic mutation — modified for resilience against environment ...