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

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

Amaranth is a protein-rich seed that, when popped, yields light, crunchy puffs. It’s high in essential nutrients such as ...

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 ...

When Elder Shirley Williams tells the story of the Mnoomin, she says, there is no such thing as wild rice, just as there have ...

So, the tribe decided to help it along by transplanting wild rice seed from Ojibwe reservations in northern Wisconsin and northern Minnesota. Wild rice had once been abundant in the Oneida and ...

Wild rice harvest was down in 2024, but spirits will be high in 2025 when a new processing facility is expected to be open in ...

or sold to a new harvester as seed for a lower price than they’d get from a processing plant. Add to that the fact that the average Canadian wild-rice harvester is 60 to 70 years old ...

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Grab a bowl of these fall soups, like apple-parsnip and turkey-wild rice soup, which are lower in calories and high in fiber ...

8. Chickpea rice – Chickpeas are utilized as a plant-based protein. This rice alternative contains 11 grams of protein per serving (brown rice has 3 grams). It has a similar texture to orzo pasta, ...