Wild rice season occurs annually, typically from late August to early October. However, three tribal communities in northern ...

Despite a disappointing wild rice harvest due to unusual weather and environmental concerns, Leech Lake recently secured a $3 ...

The name is really misleading, unfortunately. Both wild rice and white or brown rice come from aquatic cereal grains, but they are two different plants. Wild rice comes from the Zizania palustris ...

In the late summer of 2023, thick stands of wild rice stood tall and shimmered gold in some of Lac du Flambeau’s lakes. The ...

Wild rice, or manoomin in Ojibwe, is vulnerable to shifting water levels during its development, and high winds can flatten emergent plants. “A mild winter … coupled with heavy storms in mid-June, ...

While wild ducks still consume plants during the warming season, there’s a heavier reliance on animal-based protein (bugs, in ...

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When different varieties of one plant species are crossed with each other, their hybrid offspring are often more robust and ...

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 ...

Wild rice is available in many colours, and the flavours range from sweet to smokey. It is often sold combined with ordinary rice. Wash the rice and soak before use. It will take about 45 minutes ...

Spring is right around the corner, but it’s never too late for a cozy, comforting recipe! Even better if it’s quick and easy to prepare, yet packed with lots of good fiber and plant-based protein, as ...

A proposed $700 million methane gas plant in Superior hit a new road bump, with the plant’s owners now moving to withdraw ...