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Eighth Wonder is featured in the Fall 2016 issue of the Stanford Social Innovation Review's Profiles of Innovative Work. Dowload the article here.
VIDEO: Heirloom Rice: People, Place Purpose. Heirloom rice in the Cordillera is “a win, win, win, win situation” --for the farmers, their culture, the preservation of the terraces and for the Philippines.
Mary Hensley and Vicky Garcia, Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project founders, are featured in the article "Women who moved mountains" in the October-December 2014 issue of Rice Today Magazine. Read it here.
In his book 1493, Charles Mann cites Eighth Wonder and RICE, Inc. as a "ray of light" for the Cordillera rice terraces.
The Provincial Government of Ifugao awarded a Certificate of Recognition to the Rice Terraces Farmers Cooperative (RTFC) as a producer of an Ifugao certified product. The RFTC is our coop partner in Ifugao.
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After 12 years in business, Eighth Wonder, Inc. is ceasing operation and will no longer be importing and marketing heirloom rice from the historic terraces of the Philippines.
Cordillera Heirloom Rice Project in its effort to support cultural integrity, the preservation of globally significant high-elevation terraces, and ensure that heritage foods remain in production.