Events
The first rice mill was inventedFirst GMO riceGMO rice is commercializedPeriods
Rice was being prepared as offerings to Chinese godsRice production grew in China and started having more cultural impactRice started being imported to Greece from Egypt and West AsiaEvidence of rice being first cultivated in Indonesia and of kings taxing riceAfrican rice helped Africa deal with its famineRice production grew in Italy to combat and help regrow against the plaugeRice spread throughout Italy and FranceRice became a major crop of the colonists. Around these years, they were shipping over 300 tons of rice to England, and were producing even more beyond thatThe gold rush brought about 40,000 Chinese immigrants, and in order to feed all of them, rice production was increased.California became a major rice producing stateJapan and Russia suspended rice imports from the U.S., because of GMO contamination, while Mexico and the European Union imposed strict testing.
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