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Love local food? Buy Mississippi-grown rice!
If you love buying locally grown foods, you have multiple options for supporting Mississippi rice growers!
Delta Blues Rice is grown, artisan milled and packaged by the Arrant family in Ruleville. Their products can be purchased from their website or their retail partners.
Mississippi Blue Rice is grown, milled and packaged by the Wagner family on their Sumner farm. Their products can be purchased online or in local stores.
You can even find Mississippi rice in your local grocery store! Look for Par Excellence parboiled rice from Producers Rice Mill, Inc.
If you really love rice, get tickets to attend the 27th Annual Rice Luncheon on Sept. 15 in Cleveland. The event is Mississippi’s celebration of National Rice Month, where Delta chefs and residents will show off the versatility of this grain.
Learn more about Mississippi’s rice industry here.
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Susan Collins-Smith Extension Associate II
- Agricultural Communications