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Carolina Gold

A heritage long-grain rice of the American Lowcountry, the basis of the region's 18th- and 19th-century rice economy, which depended on the knowledge and forced labour of enslaved West Africans. Nearly lost in the 20th century, it has since been revived.

A pale polished rice grain, illustrated for Carolina Gold.
Carolina Gold — editorial grain study, polished, not to scale. Appearance alone does not establish variety or protected origin.

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Place

  • grown in Carolina Lowcountry In preparation