A Busy Slate of Activities Planned for National Rice Month

A variety of special activities and contests are scheduled for the 22nd celebration of National Rice Month (NRM) this September:

USA Rice and our MyPlate partners will reward consumers for adding more healthy whole grains to their meals!  Consumers can enter the contest for a chance to win a different prize each week and an Aroma rice cooker too!  Three winners will be selected each week!

Week 1:  Birds Eye® is awarding three winners with a year's supply of Birds Eye® products.

Week 2:  Cranberry Marketing Committee is giving away three gift baskets and two tickets to the Food Network's New York City Food & Wine Festival Grand Tasting.

Week 3:  GOYA® is giving the first 30 contest entrants a set of six Special Edition 75th Anniversary Series GOYA® Recipe Booklets and three winners will receive a gift basket of GOYA® products valued at $100.

Week 4:  Tyson Foods, Inc. is awarding three winners with a $100 gift card.

Aroma Housewares will give away three rice cookers each week.

• The National Rice Month scholarship contest gives high school seniors an opportunity to compete for $8,500 in scholarship prizes.


• Arkansas and Louisiana rice industry food bank donations are planned.


• In-store displays will be featured at H-E-B Grocery, Aim, Bravo, C-Town, 99 Ranch, Raleys, Stop & Shop, and Giant stores.


• The governors of Arkansas and Louisiana will sign NRM proclamations.


• Rice luncheons are scheduled in Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi.