Published in 2023, this 69-page guide provides insights into what employees on diversified vegetable farms value in a workplace and practical action-oriented tips to attracting employees and to building positive, long-term relationships with those individuals. Authors: Sarah Janes Ugoretz, Anita Adalja, and Rue Policastro.
This exercise can help build more productive and stronger farm work teams. It can help improve how employees work together and their level of compassion for each other. Finally, it can help you become…
This 3-minute video shares a quick activity that can help build more productive and stronger farm work teams. The exercise can help improve how employees work together, their level of compassion for…
The Agricultural Justice Project's Food Justice Certification standards are designed to promote fair working conditions for farm workers, as well as fair practices for businesses who buy from farms so that farm operators can maintain a sustainable enterprise.
Negotiation skills are part of every farm business managers essential toolkit. But women and beginning farmers frequently feel unprepared and unskilled in this form of communication. Use the slide…
In this podcast episode, Growing for Market talks with mother/daughter team Dru Rivers and Hannah Muller of Full Belly Farm in California about growing 15 acres of certified organic flowers. Dru is…
This 2018 farmer-focused guide provides practical information on a range of equipment sharing models, and then walks readers through the steps of designing your designing your own equipment sharing program.
This guide, developed by Farm Commons, covers the basics of farm law and provides additional resources and action steps to assist educators and service providers working to build long-term legal…
Health Savings Accounts allow you to pay for unreimbursed medical expenses such as deductibles, co-payments, and services not covered by insurance—if you have a high-deductible health plan. This fact…
This 45-minute recording takes you on a quick tour of the online Farm Labor Dashboard’s four interactive tools and its growing resource library of labor management tools, information and resources for…
Cases of Avian Influenza in dairy cattle have been identified in eight states in 26 herds as of May 10, 2024. The detected strain of the virus has also been confirmed in at least one person that had…
In Hiring a Farm Employee in Vermont: Tax and Paperwork Checklist, Farm Commons provides a checklist and explanation of legal issues Vermont farmers should attend to at the time of hiring. It was last…
Created by Rouge Farm Corp, this Mentor Self-Assessment allows for managers, farm owners, and staff to evaluate communication and leadership skills necessary for a healthy farm team. This tool is…
Amanda Andrews grows seven acres of certified organic vegetables for local and regional wholesale markets on Tamarack Hollow Farm in Plainfield, Vermont. In this interview, Amanda shares tips on recruiting, hiring and managing employees.
Labor Advice on Tap: Women Farmers Offer Insider Tips to Successfully Hire & Manage Farm StaffThis interview is part of the Farm Labor Dashboard's "Labor on Tap" series of conversations with five…
Labor Advice on Tap: Women Farmers Offer Insider Tips to Successfully Hire & Manage Farm Staff This interview is part of the Farm Labor Dashboard's "Labor on Tap" series of conversations with five…
Labor Advice on Tap: Women Farmers Offer Insider Tips to Successfully Hire & Manage Farm Staff This interview is part of the Farm Labor Dashboard's "Labor on Tap" series of conversations with five…
Interviews are one of the most important steps in the hiring process. They provides an opportunity to get to know applicants before you make a commitment and invest in a new employee.When it comes…
