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THE ROSE OASIS PROJECT

A Regenerative Strategy for Desert Climates in the time of Climate Change

Vallée Dades Mgoune, Morocco 2025

WE'RE RAISING $9100 FOR PHASE 1

Help us provide funds for soil preparation and initial implementation.

Contribute Today, Keep the Desert in Bloom

Phases of The Rose Oasis Project, a Curio for a Cause campaign focused on combatting the effects of climate change on Damask rose farms in Morocco.

Hand picking rose petals from a woven basket.

Women harvesting Damask roses on a farm in Morocco.

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"Curio for a Cause" is an integral part of our mission.

It lets us (and you!) support meaningful social and environmental initiatives, like The Rose Oasis Project, which benefits the community of women farmers growing Damask roses, spices, and herbs in the Vallée Dades Mgoune of Morocco.

What is The Rose Oasis Project?

Curio Spice is supporting the Rose Oasis Project to benefit the community of women farmers growing Damask roses, spices, and herbs in the Vallée Dades Mgoune of Morocco. Since 2020 we’ve been directly sourcing culinary rose products from a women-run co-op in Morocco. In 2024, Claire travelled there directly to learn about what issues they're facing and to make the mini-doc.

The culinary roses, grown 100% organically, are at risk of disappearing due to the effects of climate change. Drought and unpredictable weather threaten this plant that has become essential to the livelihoods of women in this valley.

By regenerating the soil and introducing water-saving technology and a poly-culture, the Rose Oasis Project serves as a model for desert agricultural communities around the world.

“Your land for growing is in small parcels, but its significance is much greater than the hectare size. That is because it is the ‘laboratory of the future’ for how communities everywhere will need to grow food in a hot, dry world.”

-Gary Nabhan, US Ethnobotanist, speaking of the women farmers of the Vallée Dades Mgoune, Morocco. February, 2025

LEARN MORE ABOUT THE PROJECT

WOMEN IN SPICE, PART 2: MOROCCO

We're excited to announce the release of our new Women in Spice documentary. This time, we showcase the women of the Vallée Dades just beyond the Atlas mountains in Morocco. There, they grow exquisite, chemical-free Damask roses. We celebrate these inspirational, hard-working women.