Mary Dunn plants rice seedlings Saturday in a paddy at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Jen Durgin walks through a rice paddy Saturday as her 6-month-old daughter, Aila Durgin Camara, rests on her back at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Volunteers apply a soil treatment Saturday to control alkalinity and acidity of a rice paddy as they prepare to plant a crop at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Jen Durgin, with her 6-month-old daughter, Aila Durgin Camara, weeds a rice paddy Saturday with fellow volunteer Erika Bailey, center, at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Volunteers at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton prepare a rice paddy for a new crop of rice Saturday.

Ben Rooney, co-owner and farm manager of The Wild Fork Farm in Benton, prepares a paddy for a new crop of rice Saturday.

Erika Bailey handles rice seedlings Saturday as she and other volunteers prepare to plant them in a paddy at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Ben Rooney, co-owner and farm manager at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton, stands in the middle of a rice paddy Saturday as he guides volunteers through the steps and process of preparing and planting rice.

Jen Durgin picks weeds Saturday from a rice paddy as her 6-month-old daughter, Aila Durgin Camara, rests on her back at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton.

Volunteers at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton plant a new crop of rice Saturday.

Ben Rooney, co-owner and farm manager at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton, demonstrates how to plant rice seedlings Saturday in a paddy.

Volunteers at The Wild Fork Farm in Benton weed a rice paddy Saturday in preparation for rice seed planting.