What everyone gets WRONG about farm work

Farmworkers are keeping all of us fed – amid a historic pandemic, wildfires and waves of deportations in the U.S. But some still insist on calling them “unskilled” or “low-skilled.” Before the pandemic, AJ+’s Yara Elmjouie traveled to Salinas, California, to experience firsthand why farm work is A LOT more difficult, complex – and yes, skilled – than we might imagine.

HOST/PRODUCER: Yara Elmjouie
PRODUCERS: Serena Ajbani, Adrienne Blaine, Karla Caraballo-Torres
ASSOCIATE PRODUCER: Eileen Salazar
SENIOR PRODUCER: Tabish Talib
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: Sarah Nasr, Shadi Rahimi
EDITORS: Yara Elmjouie, Tabish Talib, Adrienne Blaine
CAMERA: Tabish Talib, Yara Elmjouie, Serena Ajbani
SOUND: Karla Caraballo-Torres
FACT-CHECKER: Sharmila Venkatasubban
COPY EDITOR: Juliette Rocheleau
DESIGN: Mat Sesti
SPECIAL THANKS: Veronica Martínez-Matsuda, Jocelyn Sherman, Marc Grossman, Allison Vosloh, Christopher Valadez, Ileen A. DeVault

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