[Ctyfc] Asking for helping us to reach out to more farmers for participating in our Focus Groups

[Carolina Mueller]

Hey Narjes,

I hope that y'all find more people! FYI, it has been sent out to the whole
listserv (I'm not sure if that was intentional).

It looks like that Eventbrite link has closed. Is there another way that
people can contact y'all?

Thanks!

*Carolina Mueller*


On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 4:10 PM Sadeghiamirshahidi, Narjes via CTYFC <
ctyfc at listserv.centraltexasyoungfarmers.org> wrote:

> Dear Central Texas Young Farmers Coalition,
>
> Hope you are doing well and enjoying your summer!
>
> We have conducted Five focus groups and unfortunately, only two to three
> farmers participated in each of them which is less than we expected. So, we
> are trying to reach out to more farmers and ranchers who are willing to
> participate. We provided an email draft as follows and were wondering if
> you would be willing to help us contacting more people. Thank you in
> advance.
>
> Email draft:
>
> We are a team of engineers from the University of Texas at Arlington, and
> we are conducting research on regional food systems in Texas. In this
> project, we are exploring the potential of collaboration and technology to
> reduce the transportation barriers faced by farmers, connect them to
> potential customers, and expand their market reach.
>
>
>
> We have teamed up with the Texas Center for Local Food to understand and
> find solutions to your transportation challenges through group discussions
> with other small-scale farmers and ranchers across Texas. We know this
> seems impossible given the specificity of each farm’s needs; let’s explore
> these issues together and see if we can find solutions.
>
>
>
> We immediately thought of you as a good candidate to participate in one of
> the upcoming focus groups based on the conversation we had with you last
> summer about your business operations and transportation challenges.
>
>
>
> If you are still an active family farmer selling direct, wholesale, or to
> restaurants, we personally invite you to register for this focus group to
> share your needs and brilliant ideas with the team. We would also greatly
> appreciate it if you could recommend others that you would enjoy having in
> a focus group or should invite to a future group.
>
>
>
> The focus group will be held via Zoom and will take about 90 minutes. *You
> will receive a stipend of $100 for your time*.
>
>
>
> *Register today: **Let's Talk Texas Farm Transportation*
> <https://nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Flets-talk-farm-transportation-tickets-153056473031&data=04%7C01%7Cnarjes.sadeghiamirshah%40mavs.uta.edu%7C91b9fdaceb5141f8e95308d945625d56%7C5cdc5b43d7be4caa8173729e3b0a62d9%7C1%7C0%7C637617111043065285%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=ap%2Bl9BKd3B2z%2F1TQxso5CPVkO7vDgCkpw6LK61fSr2w%3D&reserved=0>
>
>
> Hope you can make it.  Please share.
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> *Narjes Sadeghiamirshahidi*
>
> *Ph.D. Student*
>
> *Department of Industrial, Manufacturing, and System Engineering*
>
> *The University of Texas at Arlington *
>
>
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