"They were working with big baskets. They would cut a few rice plants at a time
and hit them on edge of the basket so the rice seeds would shake out. It was
like a dance. It was a very beautiful place. It was one of those days when you
feel completely overwhelmed." So recounts photographer Eduardo del Conde,
telling of his first encounter with field workers harvesting rice south of
Mexico City. Little did he know it was one of the very few places rice was still
being organically grown in all of Mexico. Twenty five years later, his indelible
memory pulled him back to investigate what he'd seen. What he saw moved him so
deeply a book and a film followed documenting a dying tradition producing the
finest rice -- perhaps in the Americas.
More in this in-depth and moving interview.
