In addition to adding $1 billion of economic value and up to 7,500 jobs for California’s Sacramento Valley, the state's rice fields act as surrogate wetlands for many birds and other wildlife. (Gary ...

The farmer had harvested the field more than a month earlier ... he has worked in the background of South Carolina’s rice revival. The farmer grows organic rice, among other crops, at Turnbridge ...

HARDEEVILLE, S.C. — In late October, Marion “Rollen” Chalmers stood next to a rice field ringed by pines and palm trees. He pointed out roseate spoonbills as the birds launched from their ...