News and Blog

Congratulations! Project farmers Rowena Gonnay and Jimmy Lingayo were panelists at the annual conference of the Deshpande Foundation's Centre for Social Entrepreneurship 27-29 January 2011 in Hubli, Karnataka, India. The conference theme was “Leveraging Opportunities”.

It’s official! Three varieties of heirloom rice from the Cordillera Mountains have been designated to the Slow Food Foundation's “Ark of Taste.”

Vicky Garcia, Executive Director of RICE, Inc., and five farmers from the Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project were delegates to the Terra Madre 2010 in Turin, Italy.

The 2011 International Calendar published by the RPCVs of Wisconsin-Madison celebrates the 50th anniversary of the Peace Corps by highlighting the first 13 countries to host volunteers. The month of May features a photo of harvesting heirloom rice in Ifugao, Philippines by Mary Hensley.

• Check out the latest updates on our official project blog and Facebook page
• RICE, Inc.’s 2009 Annual Report is now available online
• Read the latest articles about the project
• New recipes are posted on the Products Store’s Recipe page