Ely, United Kingdom (AFP) Oct 31, 2025 Wearing large rubber boots, Nadine Mitschunas joyfully handled mature rice plants peeking through the water of her small plot growing in the fertile soil of eastern England. Growing rice "has not been done before in the UK", said Mitschunas, a field ecologist at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH). But as temperatures warm due to climate change, "it's not such a crazy idea beca
