Rice is a grass, in the same family as oats, barley, wheat, and rye.

Rice seeds

Seedbed

We grew in the bucket.

Thresh the rice to separate the grains from the rice 'straw'.

Here you see them separated.

Milling the grain to remove the hull.

Brown Rice still contains the bran, but the hull is removed.

Photos & Text: Ohsawa School
Background: Talya, Ein Ganim School
Banner: Emma B., Julian Middle School