Reading the second half of Mitchel and the opinion piece about the South Central farm really made me reflect on two thins: the United Farmers Workers Movement led by Cesar Chavez (more information can be found here) and the local farm in my hometown located in South East Los Angeles. Mitchel’s second half really demonstrates the history that in a way led to the UFW. Chavez led his boycotts in a nonviolent way and was a resilient leader that fought for the attention of migrant farm worker problems along with finding ways to negotiate claims to grow. Secondly, after reading the South Central farm article, it made me reflect on my hometown of Bell Gardens and realize that in BG, these small local farms are community spaces where people learn from each other and people teach one another. Many people in South and East Los Angeles live in spaces where they do not have the privilege of having a backyard or a porch because they live in small crowded apartments. These farms are the only outlets that they have to cultivate a space and it’s an action that traits back to ancestral origins of hard work in order to stay alive and not become ill due to starvation. The significance of farming is a very powerful one that should never be neglected and should constantly be shared.

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