Rice

In his new novel, Raptors in the Ricelands, Ron Daise unfolds a story in a twenty-first century fictional community near Georgetown, SC - a story which reveals family secrets and conflicts that challenge cultural beliefs. Conveyed in four acts and with chapter names that follow the production stages of Carolina Gold Rice, the novel spans the future, the present, and the past, and fosters a message of connection with African diasporic communities around the globe.

Rice is one of our state’s earliest domesticated crops, and it’s been making a comeback the last several years though, thanks in part to our next guest.

Rice is one of our state’s earliest domesticated crops, and it’s been making a comeback the last several years though, thanks in part to our next guest.

“H” is for Heyward, James (1764-1796) and Nathaniel Heyward (1766-1851). Rice planters.

“H” is for Heyward, James (1764-1796) and Nathaniel Heyward (1766-1851). Rice planters.

In The Market Preparation of Carolina Rice: An Illustrated History of Innovations in the Lowcountry Rice Kingdom (USC Press, 2014), Dr. Richard D. Porcher…