Dr. Niki Clark runs Nikian Farm in Nova Scotia with her partner, Ian Curry. In this episode, Niki shares about their work cultivating paddy rice -- from soaking and seed starting through to harvest, and de-husking or "polishing" the rice. After more than a decade of experimentation with this crop, Niki shares her learnings and her passion for this work which transforms humble rice paddies info thriving, biodiverse ecosystems, and launching pads for on-farm plant breeding, and community food security. The SeedHeads podcast is produced by our partner, The Bauta Family Initiative on Canadian Seed Security, a program of SeedChange.