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PHOTO: Maria Nunes

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Wild rice is by far

more nutritious

than its long-lost

cousin, packing

almost twice as

much protein and

one-third less

fat as a similar

amount of cooked

Asian brown rice.

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Multi-million

dollar, large scale

operations, however,

now dominate

the commercial

production of this

niche food.

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Wild rice’s genome

has been mapped.

Native communities

fear that in the

future, genetically

modified “wild”

rice might escape

into waterways and

degrade the diverse

natural genetic

variations of their

honoured grain.

PHOTO: Wild rice farmer James Whetung at market, Charlie Gregory