Description:

• White raw rice , good for everyday use
• Easy to cook
• Grown organically in Karnataka
• Farmer developed variety
  
• Slender medium grained
• Bio Basics’ HMT rice comes as semi polished rice with about 20% bran.
• Bio Basics HMT white rice comes from a third-party certified organic farmers group in Karnataka.
• The rice is also third party certified. 
• This is a medium grained, slender rice and is soft when cooked. 
• This is a farmer developed variety, developed by Dadaji Ramaji Khobragade in Maharashtra.
• He had developed many varieties in his fields and amongst those HMT became the most popular.
• It is grown extensively in Maharashtra and Karnataka.
• It is very similar to Kolam, the most popular rice in these regions.
  
• Initially Dadaji Khobragade did not get due recognition or reward for developing the variety, the Agriculture establishment in fact tried to improve his variety and renamed it and distributed it without giving him due credit.
• Later a series of articles about him led to widespread recognition of his work. organic farming fraternity wrote about his work and honoured him for his contributions in developing this and many other varieties.
• This rice is grown extensively by organic farmers due to its around the year demand from consumers.
• So we categorise it under our regular offering. 
  
• The rice is grown without any synthetic fertilisers or pesticides.
• It is stored and processed without any chemicals.