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| The Raun Family has been farming rice for more than 80 years on the fertile plains of the Texas Gulf Coast near El Campo. Lowell Raun, Jr. is in the third generation of this rice farming family. His grandfather, George Raun (seen above in a 1947 photo), moved to Texas from Nebraska in 1913. George Raun raised his first rice crop in 1915. His three sons - Russell, Norris, and Lowell, Sr. - followed his lead and became rice producers. Today the Raun brothers and many of their children and grandchildren continue the family tradition of growing rice on the same land in Wharton County. |
| In 1989, Lowell, Jr. (L.G.) and his wife, Linda, were looking for a way to diversify their commercial farming operation. The idea to grow rice organically began after traveling to the Northwest and noticing the extensive use of organically grown products in restaurant and grocery stores. (Organically grown means to grow something without the use of commercial fertilizers or chemicals.) At the same time a new aromatic rice was released by the Rice Research Station in Beaumont, Texas. It was an interesting variety called Jasmine 85. (When you cook Jasmine 85 rice it has a natural nutty aroma and flavor) Lowell & Linda decided that organically producing and marketing Jasmine 85, under their own brand name, would be a unique way to diversify their operation. | Their
Lowell Farms Organic Jasmine Rice is a new aromatic grain with a wonderful
aroma and a nutty flavor. An added bonus is that the rice is certified
100% Organi c
by the Texas Department of Agriculture. They planted their 18th crop in the spring of 2008 and will harvest in September. If you ask L.G.
(that's him to the right) about his Organic Jasmine Rice he will proudly
tell you “We grow what we believe to be the finest rice in the world.
Once you try our unique flavorful rice you will never go back to ordinary!” |
 L.G. and his father in 1966 Click below to see stories about Lowell Farms... As featured in the Fort Worth Star Telegram (Aug., 2004) As featured in the Austin American-Statesman (Oct., 2000) |