Casey Visits a Wild Rice Farm

http://www.minnesotagrown.com Did you know that wild rice is Minnesota's Official State Grain? There are a lot of other interesting things Casey DeRosier found out about wild rice when she went to Aitkin, Minnesota to talk with Tom Godward of Godward Farms. Check out Casey's blog, Livin' La Vida Local, on the Minnesota Department of Agriculture's Minnesota Grown website at http://www.mda.state.mn.us/food/minnesotagrown/blog.aspx . The Minnesota Grown Program is a statewide partnership between the Minnesota Department of Agriculture and Minnesotans who grow or raise specialty crops and livestock. The program has over 1,000 diverse members including farmers' markets, CSA farms, garden centers, wineries, fruit & vegetable growers, pick-your-own farms, livestock producers, meat processors, Christmas tree growers, and producers of honey, wild rice, maple syrup, cheese, and other gourmet products.