The California Rice Commission represents the entire California rice industry, including all 2,500 rice growers and handlers who farm and process rice produced on approximately 500,000 acres annually.

IRRI is a nonprofit research and education center established to reduce poverty and hunger, improve the health of rice farmers and consumers, and ensure environmental sustainability through collaborative research, partnerships, and strengthening of national agricultural research and extension systems.

Welcome to the Chicago Botanic Garden. With 24 spectacular gardens on 385 acres, the Garden is a place of ever-changing beauty that you can stroll through daily. Feel free to spend some time on this site!

Nature - the world's best science and medicine on your desktop

THE NIBBLE, Great Food Finds, is an online gourmet food magazine about best gourmet food, including gourmet chocolate, coffee, olive oil, vinegar, preserves, tea and gifts. Sign up for the Top Pick Of The Week newsletter to have a top food review and a recipe e-mailed to you weekly."

Information from Kew Gardens on the uses, history and culture of South Asian plants and people.

The ThinkQuest Library provides innovative learning resources for students of all ages on a wide range of educational topics. Featuring over 8,000 websites created by students for students, the ThinkQuest Library is visited by over 30 million web learners each year.