Happy National Rice Month! As far back as 2500 B.C. rice has been documented in the history books as a source of food and for tradition as well. Beginning in China and the surrounding areas, its cultivation spread throughout Sri Lanka, and India. It was then passed onto Greece and areas of the Mediterranean. The U.S. rice industry produces 20 billion pounds of rice annually. There are 5,563 rice farmers throughout the country that grow rice across a collective 2.8 million acres. Most of the farming is done by family farms across six major rice-producing states of Arkansas, California, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, and Texas. Each year the U.S. rice industry distributes 40 million pounds of rice to combat food insecurity. 95 percent of all sushi eaten in the U.S. is made with U.S.-grown rice. 80 percent of all the rice consumed in the U.S. is grown in the U.S. U.S.-grown rice is naturally gluten-free and the least allergenic of all the grains. All U.S.-grown rice is sodium-free, cholesterol-free, and GMO-free. 🍚 #NationalRiceMonth #FoodConsultant #FoodService #FoodServiceSolutions #FoodSales #Food #FoodDude #WeKnowFood #FoodOfTheMonth #NobertSales @NobertSales (at Germantown, Tennessee) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiPqWlir1ZH/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=