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| | Thomas Jefferson’s Rice Quest |
 | | Rice and wheat are the twin towers of the plant world, the king and queen of global agriculture, the giant redwood and sequoia of all the fruits of the earth. |
 | | Today all rice planting and harvesting is automated, and the fields, lined by stands of tall, thin poplar trees, stand out amid the congested industrial cities of the north as oases of tranquillity. |
 | | Natural and organic brown rice, whole wheat, and their products (including amasake, mochi, rice cakes, rice syrup, rice miso, rice bran oil, sake, shoyu, spaghetti, pasta, couscous, bulgur, sourdough bread, pita, bagels, doughnuts, cookies, cakes, pies, pastries, and many others) may come to a sudden, violent end if GM varieties are introduced into their midst. |
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