Although it sits in the same aisle of the grocery store, wild rice isn't actually a type of rice at all. Don't worry, the name fakes out everyone.

Two thousand years ago, during the prehistoric Woodland period, the Laurel and Blackduck people of the Rainy River turned to a wild growing aquatic plant for a food staple. When trade began to ...

But aside from cooking her famous Ojibwe fried rice, Leah didn’t feel connected to the significance of Manoomin — a sacred plant revered ... by learning to harvest wild rice MPR News senior ...

Wild rice comes from the Zizania palustris plant. It grows wild in lakes and riverbed areas within North America. Wild rice ...

She is also working on a 2025 campaign to protect the plant from climate change and other threats by recognizing legal rights to wild rice under state law. The heavy rains and flooding that ...

An Native American tribe is working to restore wild rice to five eastern Minnesota ... The band began working in the late 1990s to make the rice grow again. “And that’s really seemed to ...

Portobello mushrooms are perfect for stuffing with wild rice. Saute the rice with chopped carrots, celery, onions, thyme, and rosemary to create a flavorful filling. Hollow out the mushrooms by ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Manoomin, meaning "the good berry," is a type of wild rice that has been harvested by the Ojibwe people in the Great Lakes region of North America for centuries.