Growing rice requires dedicated garden space which directly affects ... Crops grown in flooded fields are commonly called lowland rice. Rice cultivars grown in drier soils are referred to as ...

From ducks and cranes to giant garter snakes and salmon, flooded rice fields in California’s Central Valley offer important — often vital — habitat to many wildlife species.

The property measured about 3,230 square feet and was in a great location: It was surrounded by trees and rice fields ... tending to their permaculture garden, where they've been growing mostly ...

AT ONE TIME. DOHERTY AND RICE FARMERS WOULD BURN THEIR FIELDS AFTER THE FALL HARVEST TO PREPARE FOR SPRING, BUT THAT PRACTICE WAS BANNED BY THE STATE IN THE EARLY 90S. AFTER 1991, WHEN THE LIMITED ...