Author Archives: Annette Drewes

Wild Rice Poster

Posted on April 30, 2012 by Annette Drewes

Free 11×17 poster available for download on wild rice. A quick, easy read with pictures, based on the six word project. Please credit SORA, www.saveourrice.org Feedback appreciated! Wild Rice Poster

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New Ojibwe Language web site

Posted on April 11, 2012 by Annette Drewes

Please check this out at ojibwe.lib.umn.edu Very interesting and relevant pictures, language and stories of wild rice. Migwetch!  

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SORA Website up and running

Posted on March 19, 2012 by Annette Drewes

Hi all  - thanks to some help from my host, Bluehost, SORA is back on-line. Look for updates in early April, both on the site and with the organization! Until then, enjoy the warm weather…but wondering what it will mean … Continue reading →

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March 6, 2012–Sulfate Standard for Wild Rice Update

Posted on March 7, 2012 by Annette Drewes

The MPCA will be holding a Tribal Consultation with Minnesota Tribes on Monday, March 12. The Tribes and the MPCA will be discussing the definition of “water used for production of wild rice,” which the MPCA is planning to clarify … Continue reading →

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Website for SORA down

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Annette Drewes

Hi all – I am sorry for the inconvenience, but the SORA website at www.saveourrice.org is temporarily down. I will try to get it back up and running shortly (week, not days). Meanwhile, there will be a court hearing on … Continue reading →

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Wild rice gathering..

Posted on February 7, 2012 by Annette Drewes

Thanks for the comment Jerry – I like the idea of a gathering to discuss Wild Rice. We missed doing our ‘annual’ meeting last year…so would like to get something on the ground. One location that really hasn’t received much … Continue reading →

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Wild rice musings on a snowy day…

Posted on January 18, 2012 by Annette Drewes

So I realized that I hadn’t posted since November. It’s not that I haven’t been here, I have. Its that it is hard to think about wild rice when the lakes are frozen over and covered, somewhat, with snow.  I … Continue reading →

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Wild rice ‘hotdish’

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Annette Drewes

So, in honor of Thanksgiving Day, here is my favorite recipe for wild rice. Ingredients: 1 cup uncooked wild rice (hand-harvested) 1/2 onion, diced 1/2 green pepper, diced 8 oz mushrooms, sliced garlic (as much or as little as you’d … Continue reading →

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Wild Rice Sulfate Standards Study Meeting

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Annette Drewes

For those of you following the wild rice and sulfate standards study, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency will hold the second meeting of the Wild Rice Standards Study Advisory Committee on Wednesday, November 30, 2011 from 1-3:30 p.m. at the … Continue reading →

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Wild rice and sulfates

Posted on November 3, 2011 by Annette Drewes

Next week this issue will once again be discussed – this time at the 26th Annual Conference on the Environment being held Wed. Nov. 9th, 2011 at the Earle Brown Heritage Center in Brooklyn Center, MN. Click here for the … Continue reading →

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