Houston’s Water Spinach Village is Fighting for its Life
The Cambodian farming town of Rosharon, just 30 miles from downtown Houston, is still reeling from Hurricane Harvey. Today, farmers face not just the loss of their homes, but also their economic engine that supplies the region's restaurants and markets
What was once a rural stretch of unpaved road in Rosharon, Texas is now a tent city. Piles of flood-damaged furniture flank the length of Summer Lane, and homes sit vacated, dilapidated, or completely destroyed. The scene repeats on every road of Little Cambodia, or what the locals just call “the village.” Set about 30 miles south of Houston, the predominantly Khmer-speaking community was among those hit hardest by flooding after Hurricane Harvey devastated Southeast Texas.