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Moruga’s Historic Rice
By Joel Julien | Link: https://guardian.co.tt/news/morugas-historic-rice-6.2.1279935.b94cf22977 After the British lost the American War of Independence they brought Merikin African Warrior Tribes who fought alongside them to establish their new home…
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Finding a Lost Strain of Rice, and Clues to Slave Cooking
The search for the missing grain led to Trinidad and Thomas Jefferson, and now excitement among African-American chefs. Upland red bearded rice, which grows in the Moruga district in Trinidad,…
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Moruga Hill rice goes global
by Radhica De SilvaThu Sep 27 2018 https://www.guardian.co.tt/news/moruga-hill-rice-goes-global-6.2.677916.b90c635cfc Minister of Agriculture Clarence Rambharat, left, Trade Minister Paula Gopee-Scoon and Moruga MP Dr Lovell Francis examine rice which is shown by…
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Resurrection Rice | Cookup
Brought to Trinidad from West Africa via the United States, Moruga hill rice was a staple of the Merikin community for generations, writes Franka Philip. Now entrepreneur Mark Forgenie wants…
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