One Illinois man’s decadeslong fight to convert his fields into rice paddies demonstrates how it’s possible to bring crop diversification to the Corn Belt
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Started reading this article before realizing it's the farmer who makes my favorite brand of rice, Cahokia Rice. It's really yummy
Uh, taking 20+years to accomplish a task isn't a strong argument for a thing
Good job not reading the article, or reasoning out for yourself why something like this would take 25 years.
I read the article, I just find the headline too far misleading that i finds it to be very annoying. I think it honestly misrepresents the significance and the accomplishment in it.