{"id":575658,"date":"2010-05-19T18:57:35","date_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.grist.org\/article\/2010-05-19-boost-support-for-urban-agriculture-with-a-rice-growing-bra\/"},"modified":"2010-05-19T18:57:35","modified_gmt":"2010-05-19T22:57:35","slug":"boost-your-support-for-urban-agriculture-with-a-rice-growing-bra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/575658","title":{"rendered":"Boost your support for urban agriculture with a rice-growing bra"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\tby Ashley Braun <\/p>\n<p>AFPEager to show your full support for urban farming, ladies? Then try this over-the-shoulder rice-paddy holder: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.straitstimes.com\/BreakingNews\/TechandScience\/Story\/STIStory_526014.html\">a bra that double A&#8217;s a pot to grow rice<\/a>, complete with irrigation system (the watering hose is a belt that holds seedlings). 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Then try this over-the-shoulder rice-paddy holder: a bra that double A&#8217;s a pot to grow rice, complete with irrigation system (the watering hose is a belt that holds seedlings). 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