Rice still growing

White Rice 

   Brown Rice       

Beginning in 2500 B.C. rice has been a source of food for people. Did you know that rice is the most important crop in the world?? For 3.3 billion people living in Asia, rice provides 35-80% of their total caloric intake.  Today rice is grown in four different ecosystems: irrigated, rainfed lowland, upland, and flood-prone.

Brown rice has more nutritional vale than white rice.  This is because the outer layer to the rice contains proteins and minerals. 

Rice tidbits from Duke University:

- The word "rice" in Chinese also means "food".
- There are over 40,000 differenty types of rice.
-  Rice is produced on every continent except for Antartica.
-  When you cook rice, it weights 3 times its original weight.
-  Around 90% of rice eaten was produced in that same area.
-  90% of rice is produced in Asia.
-  People have been farming rice for over 10,000 years.
-  Rice paper is not made from rice.