Wild rice is any of four species of grasses that form the genus Zizania, and the grain that can be harvested from them. The grain was historically gathered and eaten in both North America and ...

A great alternative to rice, wild rice has more protein than most other whole grains and is a good source of nutrients like fiber, B vitamins, and magnesium. The folklore Wild rice looks like rice and ...

It’s also not a naturally occurring rice variety. Created in 2002 by Thailand's Rice Science Center at Kasetsart University, ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.

During the cooler months, we naturally crave warmth and comfort, and there’s nothing quite like soup to deliver that cozy ...

Purplish-black 'wild rice' is not rice, but an aquatic grass from North America. Difficulty in harvesting it makes it expensive, but the grain's colour, elegant shape and subtly nutty flavour make ...

A column last month about our family’s annual summer fishing vacations to far north Orr, Minnesota, captured reader interest ...

Leah Lemm, a citizen of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe, practices her culture in many ways. She’s been slowly learning Ojibwemowin, the Ojibwe language. She helps share Native stories in her work ...

The Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe was recently awarded $3.6 million from the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration to build a wild rice processing facility in Cass Lake.

Wild rice seeds float on the St. Louis River shortly after being thrown by Conservation Corps workers in Duluth. Three tribes in northern Minnesota report a late start in this year’s wild rice ...