Untold Stories

In the videos they talk about how Immokalee used to be the land of the Seminoles. But after the government ordered for the water to be drained the land became hard and the lack of water killed off a lot of the animals they hunted. The new dry land brought about railroads and better farming, which in itself brought about new jobs and industrialization. As more jobs came about, more people from other countries came in and took the farming jobs, and the Seminoles slowly adapted or left. To this day Immokalee is still strongly based on farming
I grew up in a town called Brandon, a little south of Tampa. Where I live is very rural and very different than Immokalee. Although it is very different, I can relate to it because near Brandon is a place called Plant City. It is also highly reliant on farming and most of the people that live there are Hispanic. Plant City mostly farms strawberries and every year we have the Strawberry Festival. I go to Plant City a lot because my mom works out there sometimes and when we drive out there I stare in amazement at all of the strawberry crops and orange groves; there are just so many! I can't imagine going out there everyday to pick fruit off of a tree or bush. I don't think I would ever so it, but I'm thankful for the people that do. I can only imagine how hard the work is.