This project connects immigrant, refugee, and Indigenous women culture keepers from Central Valley agricultural communities with cultural organizers in agricultural communities in the Mississippi Delta through the Mississippi Center for Cultural Production.

At first glance, Orobanche ramosa looks like an interesting blossoming plant, one that could add a unique flair to flower arrangements. But it’s a parasitic weed that attaches to roots, sucks out nutrients and is threatening California’s lucrative $1.5 billion processing tomato industry.