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 #FarmWorkers #MigrantFarmers #S