#drylandrice — Public Fediverse posts

Could y'all please recommend sources of dryland rice?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upland_rice

Traditional paddy rice cultivation is a source of greenhouse gases: "Methane is released from rice fields subject to long-term flooding, as this inhibits the soil from absorbing atmospheric oxygen, resulting in anaerobic fermentation of organic matter in the soil."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice#Greenhouse_gases_from_rice_production

Growing rice without keeping fields flooded reduces GHG emissions, and perhaps reduces arsenic uptake. 🧵

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This Russian heirloom dryland rice is well adapted to a short season, cool climate and would probably die if grown in a paddy. Its happy to be grown in the garden and kept moist. Short grained it will make a good sticky rice, that's if I can harvest it all before the mice do. They've already taken a huge swack.

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