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Not sure we have many growing rice or raising ducks, but interesting article: (Ducklings weed the rice paddy, the ducks grow and are sold, the rice matures and is harvested.)

https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/rice-farming-with-ducks-aigamo

The ducks are part of a Japanese agricultural technique known as aigamo, and their Vermont home resembles flooded rice paddies found in eastern Asia, particularly those of Japan’s Miyagi prefecture. It may seem random, or out of place to find this scene 6,000 miles away in the Northeast United States, but to Erik Andrus, owner of Boundbrook Farm, the ducks are the long-awaited solution to his pivot to rice farming.

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https://downeast.com/land-wildlife/this-woman-wants-to-destroy-your-lawn/

This Woman Wants to Destroy Your Lawn

And replace it with something better. Why Heather McCargo and the Wild Seed Project want us all to think differently about what we plant (and yeah, to think about it in the winter).

The Wild Seed Project started selling seedlings a few years back, but McCargo remains a devoted defender of seeds. “I grow everything from seed,” she says. “I’m for sexual reproduction. It’s critical to keep native plants sexually active.”

Well...good to know!