Rice fields across India host a variety of wild, edible plants that Indigenous communities value for their nutritional and medicinal properties. But these “weeds” are rapidly disappearing.

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Twelve years ago, rice breeders with Lundberg Family Farms crossed two rice plant “parents” in hopes ... when it comes to growing rice, as fields are flooded to drown out weeds.

The reason? Rice can contain something called Bacillus cereus, a toxin-producing bacteria found in soil, vegetation and food. The pathogen is a common cause of food poisoning, which causes ...

Rice farmers in Thailand are enlisting these birds, called "field chasing ducks" to eat their way through rice paddies after a harvest. "They help eat golden apple snails and the remains of ...