Good decision-making around the type and amount of labor needed on a farm enhances the farm household’s quality of life and increases the likelihood farmers will successfully meet their financial goals. This site provides tools and strategies to help small and medium-sized fruit and vegetable farms make informed labor decisions.

Events

  • Women Farmers Aging Strong

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    Join us for this virtual learning circle series running from September through May to help us preserve and protect our most important farming tool: our own bodies. Each month we will cover a different theme and topic, including both mental and physical health awareness along with a new movement exercise we’ll do together. Free. 

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  • Building Better Work Teams

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    In this 3-part online workshop, we will use the DiSC Workplace Profile, to help you identify your preferred work styles and environment, and explore how those preferences can guide strategies to being an effective leader/manager, managing conflict and building strong and productive work teams. There is a participant fee for this workshop, and advance registration is required.

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  • Protect & Preserve Your Most Important Tool: You!

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    Winter is the perfect time of year to step back, reflect and learn how to better care for our physical and mental health. Join this unique, virtual series for woman-identifying farmers to connect and learn together on key elements of body mechanics.

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Explore Resources

  • Providing Feedback

    A video from the Farm Manager Video Series This video provides strategies for providing effective feedback to farm employees that motivates employees amd helps them improve performance.

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  • Employee Supervision

    The resources below offer a variety of communication and management tips and techniques and tools to help create a positive and productive farm work environment. Training Your Employees: Training…

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