Oregon Farmworker Needs Assessment

In 2022, the Oregon Human Development Corporation (OHDC) set out to conduct research on the needs of farmworkers across the state. The resulting report would help shed light on issues facing this long-neglected population.

R for the Rest of Us partnered with Colibri Consulting and OHDC to put together the 2022 Farmworker Needs Assessment. Jody O’Connor of Colibri worked with OHDC’s team to conduct interviews, focus groups, and surveys with farmworkers and those who support them. We brought together information from these sources with public data on farmworkers. The resulting report, with clear and compelling data visualization, maps, and tables, was also laid out using R Markdown. Indeed, all of the work for this report was conducted in R.

The report has gained attention across Oregon, being written up by media among other things. The Farmworker Needs Assessment is testament to what can be done in R, and how creating clear and compelling data visualization and beautiful layout can create an impactful report.