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Advanced Farm Labor Topics Part 2: Employee Retention & Farm Culture with Ellen Polishuk of Plant for Profit
Free!
Via Zoom. Pre-registration is required. This webinar will NOT be recorded for later view. This webinar will be an interactive learning environment, so please plan to attend the entire time and be prepared to engage.
This webinar is ideal for farmers, farm managers, and anyone responsible for building and leading a farm crew, particularly for those at the beginning of hiring and managing crew (3-5 years or under).
What makes someone stick around season after season? If you're ready to build a workplace where employees feel valued, invested, and excited to grow, this session is for you. Join longtime farmer and coach Ellen Polishuk for a lively, honest conversation about what it really takes to retain great people and create a farm culture that thrives.
Lets talk trust, leadership, and the kind of work environment that makes people say, I want to be part of this.
In this class, we will:
-Explore how to delegate authority and share decision making
-Reimagine compensation to meet real employee needs
-Workshop creative benefits and career development ideas
-Discuss pathways to ownership and leadership
-Practice communication strategies that build trust
-Reflect on what it takes to create a truly positive farm culture
Guest Speaker Info:
Ellen Polishuk, Plant for Profit
Seth Hunt, North Olympic Development Council
This program is funded in part by an award from USDA Rural Developments Rural Business Development Grant program. USDA is an equal opportunity provider, employer, and lender.
About Ellen:
Ellen is a farm consultant, writer and workshop leader. She leverages her 35 years of biological vegetable farming experience to help growers around the country to reach their farm dreams. Ellen is passionate about working with farmers to improve their soils, their labor management practices and their businesses so that they can increase farm profits and achieve a joyful balanced life. Ellen is a well-known dynamic speaker. She is very down-to-earth and can make complicated topics accessible to all kinds of listeners.
Ellen was one of three owners of Potomac Vegetable Farms in Northern Virginia where she grew Ecoganic produce for 7 farmers markets, a 550 member CSA and two roadsides stands. She now conducts her consulting through her firm Plant to Profit. Ellen is a co-author of the book Start Your Farm. She wrote the farmer to farmer profile column for Growing For Market magazine. She lives in suburban Maryland, where she gardens like crazy.
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WSU Extension programs and employment are available to all without discrimination. Evidence of noncompliance may be reported through your local WSU Extension office. Persons with disabilities, language interpretation, or who require alternative means for communication or program information or reasonable accommodation need to contact WSU Extension, 121 Oak Bay Rd, 360-379-5610 at least two weeks prior to the event.
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