PAID Interview Opportunity - Farmers in the Coachella Valley

Hi everyone. 

I’m a senior at the University of Edinburgh having recently returned from my junior year at UC Santa Barbara. For my undergraduate thesis, I’m conducting research on how immigration policy impacts the Californian agricultural industry, with the ultimate aim of clarifying whether farm size leads to being disproportionately impacted by immigration policy.

As part of my research, I’m looking for farmers in or around the Coachella Valley who would be interested in participating in a short interview conducted online to share insight on labor practices, their views on immigration policy, whether their daily operations have been impacted as a result and how they believe this to change in the near future, among other things.

It’s important to note that identities will be anonymised, data will be stored securely and deleted after analysis and that participants will have the ability to withdraw themselves from the project at any time. As a result, participation by interview yields no risk to you whatsoever. As a way of thanks, participants will each be entitled to $20 via payment method of their choice (it isn’t much, but it’s out of my own pocket and is all I can offer :) ).

If you are a farmer, or you have friends and family who are farmers and might be interested in participating in a project like this, please do not hesitate to DM me or comment below and I will reach out. Thanks so much!