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

https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-farming-rice-soy-corn-flooding-mississippi-river

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kirk@midwest.social · 3 pts · 347d

Started reading this article before realizing it's the farmer who makes my favorite brand of rice, Cahokia Rice. It's really yummy

Jarix@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 347d (2 replies)

Uh, taking 20+years to accomplish a task isn't a strong argument for a thing

imrighthere@lemmy.ca · 6 pts · 347d (1 reply)

Good job not reading the article, or reasoning out for yourself why something like this would take 25 years.

Jarix@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 347d

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.