The UFW or United Farm Workers of America was a labor union of farmworkers in the US it was founded in 1962. It was multicultural and multiracial. It later became more and more involved in labor disputes in California. The UFW defined farm labor activism until today and contributed to a new era of social justice.
Answer: to provide food, shelter, and protection for travelers to provide employment for peasants who lived nearby to establish retreats where new religions could flourish to create markets where goods could be traded and sold