One of the treasures of New England is its fabled "New England ingenuity." Examples of this trait abound throughout the region's history and continue through the present.
One current example is the effort of Erik Andrus, a farmer in Ferrisburgh, Vermont, who is attempting to grow cold-hardy rice on his farm, Boundbrook Farm.
For more information on his initiative, please visit:
Burlington Free Press: Vermont farmer experiments with cold-hardy rice (18 JUL 11)
Addison Independent: Commercial rice growing takes root in Vt. (23 MAY 11)
Background information:
Good Companion Bakery
Facebook: Good Companion Bakery at Boundbrook Farm
Dale Bumpers National Rice Research Center
Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association: Could Rice be the Northeast’s Newest Grain Crop?
Wikipedia: Ferrisburgh, Vermont
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