Growing Rice in the Northeastern USA is an effort to support sustainable, small-scale, organic rice production in the northeastern United States. This website highlights experiences on Akaogi Farm in Westminster West, Vermont and provides agricultural and environmental information about rice cultivation in this northern climate extreme. Details about the annual summer conference are also available.


The Second Annual Northeast USA Rice Conference

Videos available from conference held at Akaogi Farm in Westminster West, Vermont on Saturday, August 6th, 2011. View videos >>


Rice in a Bucket

It's hard to imagine, but rice can be grown in a five gallon bucket. Place a bucket or container without holes in a sunny, protected spot and fill it with topsoil or potting soil within two inches of the rim. Transplant a rice seedling into the soil and fill the bucket with water up to half the height of the plant at first. When the plant grows bigger, fill water to the top of the bucket and fill as needed to have standing water in the bucket at all times. More soon >>


This effort is currently funded by the National Science Foundation. In 2008 and 2009, funding was provided by a Northeast Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education (SARE) Grant.