Hulling rice by bicycle in New York City

For Randall’s Island Urban Farm, the hardest part of growing rice in New York City – much farther north than most U.S. rice growers – was hulling the grain, “nothing but pure chore,” according to “Homegrown Whole Grains.” As related in a blog at The New Yorker, the farm grows small amounts of rice so a commercial-size hulling machine… » Read More

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