Rice is Full of Vitamins & Minerals One of nature’s most perfect
and versatile foods, rice is easy to digest and replete with
important nutrients essential for good health, especially in its
whole grain state. Our heirloom and specialty rices have been
selected and maintained by farmers, for hundreds of years in
some cases, for their superior qualities. In our conversations
with men and women farmers the perceived health- enhancing
properties of these rices stand out. They aren't able to list
specific nutrients, so they refer instead to their sense of
well-being when eating the rice. In lab analyses, however,
traditional rices have been shown to have more vitamins,
minerals, antioxidants and phytonutrients than modern high-
yielding varieties. Additionally, cultivating rice organically
or using SRI principles improves soil health and further
enhances grain quality and nutrient content. Some of our rices
are also produced in unique locations where soils have been
enriched over millennia by natural forces and th