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<div class='api-pub-date'>Originally published on October 26, 2017 10:05 am </div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Water spinach goes by many other names. A staple among some Asian-American families for stir-frys and soups, this stalky vegetable with arrowhead leaves and hollow stems is known as <em>ong choy</em> in Cantonese and <em>rau muống</em> in Vietnamese. </p><p>But in a Cambodian-American community tucked down the gravel roads of Rosharon, Texas — about a half-hour south of Houston — most people call it by its Khmer name, <em>trakoun.</em> </p><p>Often sold in the produce section of Asian-owned supermarkets around the country, the vegetable is the main source of income for many families in Rosharon. </p><p>This country town is one of the few parts of the U.S. where water spinach is grown commercially. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has issued more than 50 active permits in Rosharon for growing water spinach, <a href="http://www.texasinvasives.org/plant_database/detail.php?symbol=IPAQ">a highly regulated, invasive plant</a> that the federal government considers a <a href="https://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/aquatics/waterspinach.shtml">noxious weed</a>, making it illegal to sell across state lines without a permit. </p><p>But almost two months after Hurricane Harvey and historic flooding totaled many of their homes and damaged their water spinach greenhouses, the farmers are still recovering, worried about what will happen to their way of life. </p><p>Before Harvey, Sok Sum and his wife, Sreyaun Pin, would often spend early morning hours crouched inside the three greenhouses behind their home, each more than half a football field long. Harvesting water spinach inside the plastic-covered greenhouses too late in the day could mean getting heat stroke, Sok says. </p><p>"This is hard work. When you see stuff at the store, the vegetables, you don't know how hard work over here is," he adds. </p><p>With a meat cleaver from his kitchen in his left hand, he would whack close to the water spinach vines snaking across the greenhouse's dirt floor, cutting down stems sprouting just below his knee. </p><p>In about two hours, Sum and his wife would fill a 25-pound box with small green bouquets of bunched-up water spinach to sell to a local supermarket or wholesaler. In a week, they could earn about $300 to add to the disability benefits Sum has been receiving since he was injured in a welding accident at a factory job. </p><p>But Sum says he hasn't been farming since Harvey, and the flooding turned his home into a ramshackle shell. It took about a week before the water receded in Rosharon and he and his neighbors could return to their houses. </p><p>"When I opened the door, I was crying," Sum says. </p><p>Pin, Sum's wife, says donations from churches and volunteer groups have helped them survive since Harvey. They and other families have been replenishing their supplies with donated bottled water, baby formula and other essentials stacked around the temple altar of the nearby Buddha Raksmey Monastery. </p><p>"Now, it's better, but [we] still need help," Pin says. </p><p>They lived in a tent in their front yard with their 10-year-old daughter for weeks, waiting for their house to dry out. In black marker, Sum wrote above the tent flap: "We are strong here." But finding snakes on their property convinced them to move back into their house, even though it was still damp inside and some rooms smelled moldy. </p><p>Now, Pin says they and many of their neighbors are worried about the fallen beams and torn plastic sheeting for their water spinach greenhouses. </p><p>Vuth Yin lives down the road and says his greenhouses need work, too, after the flood. </p><p>"But I don't have time to fix it," he adds. He's been busy building a one-room house in his backyard to replace his flooded home for his family of eight. </p><p>But even after their greenhouses are repaired, it's not clear when Rosharon's farmers can start selling water spinach again. </p><p>At least one supermarket in the Houston area says after Harvey, it stopped selling water spinach from Rosharon because it's worried about possible contamination from the flood waters. The Hong Kong Food Market, located inside Houston's Hong Kong City Mall, has only been selling water spinach from California and Florida, according to David Le, an employee at the store. </p><p>Still, Yin says as a former refugee from Cambodia, he's been through a lot of challenges. </p><p>"Everywhere," he says, "you have to fight for a piece of life."<br /></p><div class="fullattribution">Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit http://www.npr.org/.<img src="https://www.google-analytics.com/__utm.gif?utmac=UA-5828686-4&amp;utmdt=Water+Spinach+Farmers+Struggle+To+Recover+After+Hurricane+Harvey&amp;utme=8(APIKey)9(MDAxNDE5MTcxMDEyMTgwMzY4Njc5YmU4NQ004)" /></div> <p> </p><p>STEVE INSKEEP, HOST: </p> <p>And I'm Steve Inskeep with the deeper meaning of water spinach. It's a staple food among some Asian-American families - they use them in stir-fries and soups - but it's grown commercially in only a few parts of the United States. And one of those places is Texas, which is still recovering from flooding after Hurricane Harvey. Many farmers in Texas are worried about what happens to their way of life. NPR's Hansi Lo Wang reports.</p> <p>HANSI LO WANG, BYLINE: Water spinach goes by many other names - ong choy in Cantonese, rau muong in Vietnamese. But in this Cambodian-American community tucked down the gravel roads of Rosharon, Texas - about a half-hour south of Houston - a farmer named Paul Boeur says most folks here call it...</p> <p>PAUL BOEUR: Trakuon.</p> <p>WANG: Trakuon?</p> <p>BOEUR: Trakuon.</p> <p>WANG: That's the Khmer name for this stocky vegetable with arrowhead leaves and hollow stems. You can find water spinach in the produce section of many Asian-owned supermarkets around the country. Here in Texas, they're grown in greenhouses behind the homes of farmers like Sok Sum.</p> <p>SOK SUM: You know what? This is hard work. When you see stuff at a store, the vegetable, you don't know how hard work over here is.</p> <p>WANG: For a demonstration, Sum grabs a meat cleaver from his kitchen and walks inside one of his three plastic-covered greenhouses, each more than half a football field long. And the soil is a thick bed of water spinach vines with stems sprouting just below his knee.</p> <p>SUM: I get on my knee - like that.</p> <p>WANG: He whacks close to the ground with his cleaver until he has enough for a small green bouquet of water spinach. Filling one 25-pound box with these bunches can take about two hours.</p> <p>SUM: And you write your name on it. And then you're ready to go sell, make money.</p> <p>WANG: Sum says he and his wife working together can usually make about 300 dollars a week to add to his disability benefits. Water spinach is the main source of income for most families here, but Sum hasn't been farming since Hurricane Harvey and the flooding turned his home into a ramshackle shell. It took about a week before the water receded and he and his neighbors could return to their houses.</p> <p>SUM: When I opened the door, I was crying.</p> <p>WANG: You were crying?</p> <p>SUM: Yeah, I cry 'cause my house gone, even my clothes gone.</p> <p>WANG: Sum's wife, Sreyaun Pin, says donations from churches and volunteer groups have helped them survive since Harvey.</p> <p>SREYAUN PIN: Before, I'm very, very sad and struggle. Now it's better, but still need help. Yes, really still need help.</p> <p>WANG: Pin lived in a tent with her husband and their 10-year-old daughter for weeks waiting for their house to dry out. It's still damp inside and smells moldy, but they've moved back in. Now, she says, they and many of their neighbors are worried about the fallen beams and torn plastic sheeting for their water spinach greenhouses.</p> <p>VUTH YIN: The water kind of moved fast so it's damaged on the bottom, but I don't have time to fix it.</p> <p>WANG: Vuth Yin lives down the road and says his greenhouses need work too after the flood.</p> <p>So what is your plan now?</p> <p>YIN: We have no idea yet.</p> <p>WANG: Do you have flood insurance?</p> <p>YIN: No, none. We don't have anything.</p> <p>WANG: And even after their greenhouses are repaired, it's not clear when they can start selling water spinach again. At least one local supermarket says after Harvey, it stopped selling water spinach from Rosharon because it's worried about possible contamination from floodwaters. Still, Yin says as a former refugee from Cambodia, he's been through a lot of challenges.</p> <p>YIN: Too much. Too much, you know.</p> <p>WANG: Everywhere, he says, you have to fight for a piece of life. Hansi Lo Wang, NPR News, Rosharon, Texas. 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