A Walk on the Wild (Rice) Side
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Maybe you know wild rice isn’t technically rice, but do you know where and how wild rice is grown? Processed? Do you know the top market for wild rice? Or what kind of special nutrition punch wild rice packs? Elise Oliver, Director of Operations and Research for the California Wild Rice Advisory Board joins Lesley and Cameron to answer those and other questions about Oryza sativa’s mighty cousin. Plus Michael and Lesley kvetch about the heat and talk wild rice recipes that can be found at www.calwildrice.org. With special guest: Elise Oliver, Director of Operations & Research, California Wild Rice Advisory Board Hosted by: Lesley Dixon, Cameron Jacobs, and Michael Klein
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