Once upon a time, the story of rice

A 5000 years old story

5000 years ago, wild rice was abundant in India and China. First cultivated by the Chinese, it will spread all over North Africa and then in the XIth century in the South of Europe (Spain, Italy).

Camargue, the ideal land for rice...

With its rich soils, the sun of Provence and the never ending Mistral, Camargue was bound to become a rice land.

King Henri the fourth guessed it and ordered in 1593 to grow rice in Camargue. It was the first page of a long story...

Rice-growing really expanded in Camargue after the second world war. It now produces very famous and tasty rice that gourmets appreciate.