Anytime a black-eyed pea meets a grain of rice, it becomes Hoppin' John.
And have your vet inject your pet with a tiny microchip implant (it's about the size of a grain of rice).
Micro chipping involves a vet inserting a tiny device, about the size of a grain of rice, under the dog's skin.
The ultrasound generator used in this technique can focus its energy into a space about the size of a grain of rice.
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Such tags, the size of a grain of rice, are currently used to tag everything from pets to televisions, and cost a few dollars apiece.
Remember the Chinese fable of the mighty emperor who agreed to give a wily supplicant one grain of rice for the first square on a chess board, double that for the second square, double again for the third and so on, before he realised that he would be giving away his whole kingdom's supply before the board was half-finished.
Hewlett-Packard has invented a wireless data chip that can store 100 pages of text or 15 seconds of video on a dot about half the size of a rice grain, with potentially dramatic applications in everything from health care to photography and marketing.
About 7, 000 cases have been filed by long-grain rice farmers seeking to recoup income they claim they lost as a result of the drop in market price for rice.
In response to local concerns about the loss of critical food supplies, several governments have imposed taxes or other restrictions on exports: on a key ingredient of fertiliser in China, on grain in Argentina, on rice in India.
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Anti-GMO campaigners are clearly positioning themselves for another offensive against a new wave of GM crops and foods, with new pesticide tolerant grain varieties and a host of nutritionally enhanced grains, such as Golden Rice and drought resistant wheat, in their crosshairs.
Floods, drought and ill-advised rice exports to Vietnam have left the country with a grain shortfall of 250, 000 tons this year.
The equally ambitious Zigzag restaurant helmed by Swiss-born chef, Michel Hediger juxtaposes traditional alpaca steaks cooked on hot stones with interesting experiments in Peruvian-Italian fusion food, most notably gnocchi made with quinoa, a rice-like grain grown in the Andes that was once the sacred food of the Incas.
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