Folks sit in their driveways, whittling sticks. It can only mean one thing: Wild rice season has returned to northern Minnesota. “You hear the buzz around Cass Lake and all around the reservatio ...

Two wild rice harvesters shove off with their canoe. Minnesota's wild rice harvesting season will begin in the next few weeks when the rice becomes legally ripe. Wild rice growth and harvesting is ...

Andrew Zimmern joins Capri to taste how wild rice shows up at the biggest state fair in America, the “Great Minnesota Get Together.” The most sacred food of the Anishinaabe people has become a ...

As the Aug. 15 wild rice season opening date approaches, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources reminds harvesters that rice stands must be ripe before they can be legally harvested.

2¼ cups all-purpose flour ½ tsp salt 1 tsp lemon zest 1 tsp cinnamon 2 tsp each: baking soda and baking powder 2 large eggs 2 tbsp brown sugar 2 cups buttermilk ¼ cup melted butter 1 banana ...

Starting this year, all state WMAs are open for wild rice harvest except for those that are specifically posted as closed. In east-central Minnesota there are only four WMAs closed, all of which ...

But climate change caused by the burning of fossil fuels is bringing more rain and flooding to Minnesota and the Upper Midwest, making harvests of wild rice less reliable. For more than 70 years ...

While some natural cycling is normal, bad years for wild rice are becoming more frequent, said Ann Geisen, a wildlife lake specialist with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR).