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All the rice around the world belong to two species.

And they may grow extinct soon! https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/species-extinction-not-just-curiosity-our-food-security-and-health-are-stake

Species extinction not just a curiosity: our food security and health are at stake

The theme for the International Day for Biological Diversity on 22 May 2019 is: "Our Biodiversity, Our Food, Our Health".

https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/species-extinction-not-just-curiosity-our-food-security-and-health-are-stake

This is where cultural prevation is important.

See... they kept an ancient species of rice alive https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/10/527449714/a-lost-rice-variety-and-the-story-of-the-freed-merikins-who-kept-it-alive

A Lost Rice Variety — And The Story Of The Freed 'Merikins' Who Kept It Alive

The rice traveled from Africa to the Southeast, where it was a link to home for enslaved Africans. Then it nearly vanished — and with it, a heritage tying African, Southern and West Indian foodways.

https://www.npr.org/sections/thesalt/2017/05/10/527449714/a-lost-rice-variety-and-the-story-of-the-freed-merikins-who-kept-it-alive

And here.. making the entire world eat more nutritious food https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-science-space/native-americans-revive-squash-seeds-found-800-year-old-pot-004515

Native Americans revive squash from seeds found in an 800-year-old pot

Some Native Americans found squash seeds in a pot about 800 years old and revived the plant for the first time in centuries.

https://www.ancient-origins.net/news-science-space/native-americans-revive-squash-seeds-found-800-year-old-pot-004515

Can prevent soil erosion

More protein!

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