Naosap Harvest - Certified Organic Wild Rice
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The Airboat gathers the ripe 'kernels' of wild rice leaving the plant intact.
This video shows you how the airboat skims across the water. The wild rice plants are left intact. The ripe wild rice kernels 'fall' into the hopper on the front of the airboat.
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Wild Rice Harvest - emptying the hopper
We empty the hopper of the airboat by hand.Naosap Harvest markets certified organic wild rice from the pristine, isolated lakes of northern Manitoba, Canada.
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Wild Rice Harvest - Emptying the Hopper
Once the hopper on the airboat is full it is taken to the bagging station to be emptied.
 
A stock of wild rice -Coming into the bagging stationThe ripe grains of wild rice fall into the hopper.Close up of the wild rice.The airboat ready to pick wild rice.
Scooping up the raw wild riceBags of raw wild rice.One of the bagging stations.Heading out on a gorgeous day.The raw green wild rice.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The kids help out harvesting the certified organic wild rice
A beautiful day on the river.
 
 
 
 
 
The kids get in on harvesting the organic wild rice.
Our daughter tries to navigate the river.
 
 
 
Once the raw rice is transported back to Cranberry Portage, we take it to the processing plant. 
When organic wild rice is harvested, it contains 40 to 60 percent moisture, so it must go through a "curing" and "parching" process prior to final packaging.  The parching process is essentially a drying process where the rice is dried to a water content of approximately 6 to 8 percent.
The wild rice is parched, dehulled, cleaned and sorted where you then get the finished product - wonderful, Canadian, lake grown, organic wild rice - nature's finest!
Checking out the organic wild rice cropOur son checks out this year's crop.
 
 
 
 
A beautiful organic wild rice crop!
 Looks like a good crop. This is the hopper on the airboat.
 
 
 
Shovelling the raw certified organic wild rice into bags.
Bagging the raw rice - it is still in its husks.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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