America imports millions of tons of rice every year, yet most people never question what they’re actually eating. This footage shows rice being tested — heated, burned, examined — and behaving in ways people don’t expect from a natural grain. Whether it’s processing, additives, contamination, or something else, one thing is clear: people are losing trust in the food system. Real food should be simple. And the fact that consumers feel the need to test their rice at home says a lot. Inspect what y

🌾 So one of the main reasons I traveled to the eastern shore is to check my harvesting spots of Zizania aquatica, our american wild rice! Many people are probably already familiar with the wild rice (Zizania palustris) that grows around the great lakes region, which is known as "manoomin"—the good berry. This rice is still an important food source to many tribes of the area, who harvest from canoe every year, like they've been doing for generations. Most people however are not be aware that thi