dh@. wrote:
> On 31 Aug 2006 11:00:14 -0700, wrote:
>
> >dh@. wrote:
>
> >If you can't grow rice without creating ecological mayhem
>
> Who does,
Rice growers on the natural floodplains of Southeast Asia, Indonesia
and India, for example.
> and how do you know your rice is grown
> without it?
Rice grown in unsuitable environs requires artificial flooding and
draining. For a variety of reasons, flood irrigation is the most
damaging method of applying water to soil.