Wild Rice (A Mini Doc)
#wildrice #travel #plantstories #food
Unraveling the story of wild rice (Zizania palustris) could take a lifetime. I only had 3 days. But those 3 days revealed a bit about how this plant has provided nutritious food, created an economy, and shaped entire communities of people living around the Great Lakes, the region that wild rice also calls home.
Zooming in on the plant itself, you can think of her as a character. A rather tenacious one at that. She’s delicate but clever. For all her struggles both natural and manmade, she’s adaptive. And you can try to tame her, but she’ll always be a little wild.
FACT CHECK: At this time, Minnesota is the #1 producer of cultivated wild rice. California is also a top producer.
CREDITS | 📷
Videographer: Hunter Knutson
Editor: Kyle Graffam
GRATITUDES | 🤍
• Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe - Special thanks to Gary Charwood & Calvin Goggleye
• Canoe - Special thanks to Joe Ratuski
• Spirit Lake Native Farms - Special thanks to Bruce Savage
• Godward Wild Rice Farms - Special thanks to Brandon Godward
🔗 Product Links:
Wild rice & maple syrup: spiritlakenativefarms.com (indigenous food producers)
Wild rice: canoewildrice.com
Manoomin: The Story of Wild Rice in Michigan - by Barb Barton: www.barbbarton.com/store/p7/Ma...
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Really excellent documentary. Watching from the Sandhills in Nebraska.
This is an amazing documentary! Thank you!
@ashlyncmorgan
15 күн бұрын
Thank you for watching!
Great video Ashlyn! ❤
@ashlyncmorgan
9 күн бұрын
Thanks so much, David! 💚
wow...thank you for this wonderful video 💜💜
@ashlyncmorgan
14 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching!
This was really excellent!
@ashlyncmorgan
11 күн бұрын
Thank you!
Excellent video. Surprised and glad this showed up in my recommended. Going to have to go buy some wild rice for the first time.
@ashlyncmorgan
13 күн бұрын
Thank you! Check out the product links in the description if you're interested in buying wild rice. It's now become a staple ingredient in my pantry. I'm sure you'll love it, too! I'll be posting a yummy wild rice recipe to my IG soon
Now you got me all excited to be out in the manōmaeh!
@ashlyncmorgan
3 күн бұрын
😊That's great! Harvest season will be here in no time! Hopefully it'll be a good one for y'all this year
Impressive storytelling.
@ashlyncmorgan
13 күн бұрын
Thank you
thanks for sharing
@ashlyncmorgan
14 күн бұрын
😊💕
Wonderful video! But maiz (corn) 🌽 is also a cereal grain native to North America, so wild rice is not alone in being an important indegnous food grain.
@ashlyncmorgan
11 күн бұрын
Thanks for watching! In this case it's just a matter of semantics with North America being distinguished from Central and South America. But yes, corn is another culturally important food grain of the Americas 😊