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The Rainwater

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The Sonoran Desert, situated at the bottom edge of Arizona, stretches out into the haze of a horizon, rippled with heat. It’s fed by thin tributaries of the river and, more often, watered by sparse rains. It’s a place that, in theory, could seem pretty inhospitable. But the Tohono O’odham nation has survived and thrived there, thanks in part to traditional agricultural practices that are more relevant than ever as a drought looms ahead.

Tohono O’odham poet Ofelia Zepeda reads “Pulling Down the Clouds.” Her poem describes the treasured practice of Saguaro harvesting. It’s a practice Maria Francisco’s family has been taking part in for generations. Maria explains how the harvest is a celebration of rain. But now, climate change has caused the rains and monsoon seasons to shift, so the harvests are shifting too. Amy Juan is the manager of San Xavier Co-op Farm, an operation meant to revitalize traditional agricultural practices. They’re healing the ties to the past that have been severed by colonial practices, and mending the paths towards the future as the climate inevitably changes.

For more:

  • Support San Xavier Cooperative Farm at sanxaviercoop.org
  • You can read Ofelia Zepeda’s poetry in “Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert” and “Jewed'l-hoi/Earth Movements, O'Odham Poems.”

If you would like to learn more about Imagine5 and read some of their inspiring stories, please follow them on Instagram at @imagine5_official and sign up for their newsletter by visiting Imagine5.com

As She Rises is a Wonder Media Network production. Follow Wonder Media Network on Instagram and Twitter.



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The Rainwater

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The Sonoran Desert, situated at the bottom edge of Arizona, stretches out into the haze of a horizon, rippled with heat. It’s fed by thin tributaries of the river and, more often, watered by sparse rains. It’s a place that, in theory, could seem pretty inhospitable. But the Tohono O’odham nation has survived and thrived there, thanks in part to traditional agricultural practices that are more relevant than ever as a drought looms ahead.

Tohono O’odham poet Ofelia Zepeda reads “Pulling Down the Clouds.” Her poem describes the treasured practice of Saguaro harvesting. It’s a practice Maria Francisco’s family has been taking part in for generations. Maria explains how the harvest is a celebration of rain. But now, climate change has caused the rains and monsoon seasons to shift, so the harvests are shifting too. Amy Juan is the manager of San Xavier Co-op Farm, an operation meant to revitalize traditional agricultural practices. They’re healing the ties to the past that have been severed by colonial practices, and mending the paths towards the future as the climate inevitably changes.

For more:

  • Support San Xavier Cooperative Farm at sanxaviercoop.org
  • You can read Ofelia Zepeda’s poetry in “Ocean Power: Poems from the Desert” and “Jewed'l-hoi/Earth Movements, O'Odham Poems.”

If you would like to learn more about Imagine5 and read some of their inspiring stories, please follow them on Instagram at @imagine5_official and sign up for their newsletter by visiting Imagine5.com

As She Rises is a Wonder Media Network production. Follow Wonder Media Network on Instagram and Twitter.



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