Eastern Coachella Valley
Due to the year-round warm weather and desert climates home to the area, the rural Eastern Coachella Valley has become one of the main agricultural producer bases in California.
The Eastern side of the Coachella Valley is the primary region in which agriculture cultivation processes take place and where most farm works tend to reside.
Table grapes, for example, are also cultivated seasonally in a great majority of the agricultural fields that make up the Eastern Coachella Valley.
Other vegetables and fruits include but are not limited to mangos, peaches, tomatoes, watermelons, melons, cabbage, lettuce, broccoli, carrots, corn, spinach, cauliflower, aristoches, garlic, onion, green beans, strawberries, celery, potatoes, citrus fruits such as lemons, limes, oranges, grapefruit; and also bell peppers of different colors which include yellow, green, and red.
” [10] The Eastern Coachella Valley has become the base of Prime Time's operations and many other companies to this day due to its mass production of diverse fruits and vegetables.
[3] Agriculture in the US is a dangerous job, since farm workers have to do repetitive movements like heavy lifting, and lengthy periods of standing and/or kneeling that are associated with injuries, fractures, chronic pain, and more.
Heat has become the biggest climate hazard that farm workers have experienced, as they are exposed to conditions that are expected to be long and with high intensity while they are working outside in the fields.
[6] The Eastern Coachella Valley Building Healthy Communities (BHC) organization is a “10-year program funded by The California Endowment.
Activities and events imposed by (BHC) bring the rural community residents together and their families while simultaneously incorporating information and knowledge concerning healthy alternatives for a better lifestyle.
The mission of Raices Cultura is to create a safe space for the Eastern Coachella Valley community to expose and express their art and culture.
Raices Cultura screens films every month and have an art studio which is open almost every Saturday for the public and especially the youth to take advantage of.
The Coachella Unincorporated is an organization funded by the Building Healthy Communities Initiative of the California Endowment by a media in San Francisco [7].
Students that attend high schools located in the Eastern Coachella Valley participate in this project by reporting stories that will create change in the communities.
This organization helps represent those residing on the Eastern Coachella Valley underrepresented communities of Thermal, Oasis, Mecca, and North Shore.
Compared to the metropolitan regions found elsewhere other than in the Eastern Coachella Valley communities, there happens to be a lack of public transportation available for residents.
What makes the Salton Sea a remarkable attraction is mostly due to the fact that (1) it is the largest California lake and (2) because it is located in the San Andreas Fault.
This festival gives the youth an opportunity to display and express their art and music talent while simultaneously bringing the unrepresented and unincorporated communities together.
