People usually think that rice (1) ________________________ (grow) in China

People usually think that rice (1) ________________________ (grow) in China. But did you know that there’s a place in Spain full of rice fields? They (2) ____________________________ (locate) in north-eastern Spain on the banks of the Ebro Delta at the Riet Vell nature reserve. 300 tonnes of rice (3) ____________________________ (produce) each year. The first rice (4) ____________________________ (plant) here in 2003. Chemicals (5) ____________________________ (not use) in the fields before 2003 so the rice is organic. Lots of birds (6) ________________________________ (help) by the rice fields, including herons and flamingos. The rice (7) _____________________________ (buy) by many countries, including Germany. In 2004 the rice (8) ________________________________(give) an organic food award.