14 November 2022, Sakon Nakhon province, Thailand - Dr. Sueppong Gowachirapant (left) from the Institute of Nutrition at Mahidol University labels the steaming baskets the presoaked and rinsed rice grains are divided up into during the germinated hang rice production process at Baan Na Lao germinated rice community enterprise. Hang rice is a variety of rice specifically grown in this area. Germinated hang rice is pre-soaked, steamed, dried, and then polished before packaging and consumption.