CODORA, Calif.—After facing four years of drought and state-imposed water restrictions, Bruce and Christopher Lopes struggled to save their organic rice farm in northern California’s Sacramento Valley.

The father-and-son duo set out on a mission to reinvent their operations by using new methods to farm rice, as well as mill and sell their own rice for the first time in the farm’s more than century-old history.

The integrated system conserves water, controls weeds, and fertilizes soil without using synthetic fertilizers and chemicals.{ai:summary}<p>Four years of drought and state water restrictions hit Bruce and Christopher Lopes and their organic rice farm in the Sacramento Valley.</p><p>They pursue new farming methods and plan to mill and sell their own rice for the first time in the farm’s century-old history. #economy</p>

California Organic Rice Farmers Get Their Ducks in the Rows

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