True story: Our founding fore-farmers discovered this method of organic weed management by accident! Let’s get into the weeds 👇🏼 When it comes to rice farming, there are two kinds of weeds: grass weeds and aquatic weeds. After planting, we raise the water level *just* high enough to drown the grass weeds, but not so high that it harms the rice. This requires careful and, sometimes, near-constant observation as rice can only survive under water for about 48 hours longer than grass weeds. That’s our window to make sure the rice survives while the grass weeds drown. But here’s the thing: Aquatic weeds LOVE water. So, once the grass weeds drown, it’s time to dry up the aquatic weeds. Dry up is a system our founding fore-farmers discovered as they prepared to give up on a field that had been overrun with aquatic weeds. “Let’s see how long we can let the rice dry up,” they said. They returned the water to rivers and streams and watched as the aquatic weeds shriveled in the sun, loosening...