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Carolina Gold Rice and Charleston Gold — not to be confused with Beyer & Potrykus’ Biofortified Golden Rice

Monday, November 12, 2012 19:21

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The Rice Paper is the electronic newsletter of the CGRF. Published periodically, it collects the most recent findings in the botany, cultivation, material culture, culinary preparation, and history of Carolina Gold Rice and associated heritage grains…. It recounts the origins of the Carolina Gold rice:

In 1838, my overseer, Mr. James C. Thompson, a very judicious planter, residing on my Brook Green Estate, accidentally discovered in the Barn yard, during the threshing season, a part of an ear of Rice, from the peculiarity of which, he was induced to preserve it, until he had an interview with me. It was so very different from any other Rice I had attentively examined, in point of size, that I requested him to take care of, and plant in the Spring on one of the Rice-field margins, which had not been cultivated for several years. This, however, proved to be an unfavorable spot for in long watering, the trash settled on and about the experiment Rice—and after the ‘long water.’ The rats injured it no little. The causes reduced the number of plants which matured to only six, the grain of which appeared the same as that which was planted.
Our want of success in procuring the quantity of grain expected, induced us in the Spring of 1839, to plant the rice in a large tub, filled with swamp mud, and placed in Mr. Thompson’s garden, where it could be watered an attended to every day…
In the year 1842, I planted four hundred acres with this seed, and being so perfectly satisfied with both the product and the improved quality of the same, I was induced in the succeeding year, (1843) to sow with it my entire crop. The first parcel when milled, consisted of eighty barrels, netted fifty cents per cwt…

@ Carolina Gold Rice Foundation:
More history here

h/t Yllona Richardson

On the other hand, to read more about Beyer & Potrykus’, Golden Rice click here.

And go to IRRI for the Golden Rice Story as follows :
Is Golden Rice safe?

Like other genetically modified (GM) crops, Golden Rice is undergoing rigorous safety evaluations by regulators throughout its development. For example, in the Philippines, all GM research and development under contained conditions are overseen by the Department of Science and Technology – National Committee on Biosafety of the Philippines. The Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of Plant Industry (BPI) strictly monitors field trials, coordinates evaluation of biosafety information, and approves GM crops if appropriate.

Golden Rice will be available to farmers and consumers only after it has been determined to be safe for humans, animals, and the environment and authorized for propagation and consumption by the appropriate regulatory authorities. Therefore, Golden Rice, if and when released, will be deemed to be as safe as other rice.

The national regulatory requirements of the Philippines and other countries are based on internationally established guidelines and procedures for the safe use of genetically modified crops, including the Codex Alimentarius, OECD Consensus Documents, and the Cartagena Biosafety Protocol.

For more information, see:

- Codex Alimentarius: Principles and Guidelines for Food Safety Assessment of Foods derived from Modern Biotechnology

- World Health Organization: 20 Questions on genetically modified foods

For more see our Golden Rice FAQ, resources, and links.