Farm Labor 101

Описание: Hiring and managing employees is one of the most challenging parts of running a growing farm business. In this workshop, Beth Holtzman of UVM Extension introduces the Farm Labor Dashboard, a free online suite of tools designed to help farmers improve their labor planning and management practices.

Beth walks participants through key strategies for recruiting, training, and evaluating employees, helping farm owners set themselves and their teams up for long-term success.

🌱 In this workshop, you’ll learn how to:
Assess your readiness to hire using the Hiring Readiness Self-Assessment
Write clear, effective job descriptions with the Job Description Generator
Calculate the true cost of employees using the Employee Cost Estimator
Evaluate equipment and labor tradeoffs with the Mechanization/Labor ROI Estimator
Develop employee policy manuals and training plans

👩‍🌾 Farmer Highlight:
Hear from Andrew Lawson of Appleton Farm, who shares real-world insights on seasonal labor planning, staff hiring and training, and daily employee management.

💡 Participants will leave with:
Practical tools and templates
Actionable strategies for workforce planning
Inspiration to improve labor management and farm team success

🔗 Explore the Farm Labor Dashboard: https://www.uvm.edu/aglabor/dashboard/

📅 Presented by: UVM Extension
🎓 Speaker: Beth Holtzman
🌾 Farmer Highlight: Andrew Lawson, Appleton Farm

Funding Acknowledgment: This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2025-70027-42540.