Did anything come of this? The dried seed is heated (parched) as part of its processing -- so I fear it's not alive. Zizania palustris, the one I know from Minnesota is an annual... I'm not sure about the one grown from root shoots -- that sounds like it might be the Manchurian species (Z. latifolia) which is a perennial, grown as a vegetable (for its fungus-infected stems) according to Wikipedia. Anyhw: if anyone found a European supplier for Z palustris or Z aquatica, I'm interested...
