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Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!




Event Details

Best Practices for Onboarding Seasonal Workers

Date

December 14, 2020

Time

12:00pm-1:30pm

Location

online (zoom link will be provided upon registration)

Cost

Program Registration (cost is per-farm) more than one employee can be registered : $20.00

Registration includes the 1.5 hour class, 1 hard copy of the planning guide and access to technical assistance and additional programs and resources.

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Best Practices for Onboarding Seasonal Workers



Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees - Get Organized for 2021!

  • Do you bring groups of seasonal employees onto your farm?
  • Every year do you say that NEXT year you will be more organized when they arrive?
  • Do you find it challenging to keep up with all of the regulatory requirements for bringing on a new employee?

Then Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees is for YOU!

Attend this 1.5-hour, on-line program Best Practices for Onboarding Seasonal Workers.  Learn the key things you should have in place to be ready to welcome a group of seasonal workers.  This program will follow an onboarding guide, Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees, that was developed by Liz Higgins, CCE Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team, Mark Wiltberger, CCE Lake Ontario Fruit Program, and Richard Stup, CCE Ag Workforce Development Program.  The onboarding guide covers:

  • required paperwork and documentation for a new hire, including seasonal, migrant workers.
  • required trainings (with an emphasis on fruit and vegetable farms) and guides for developing a training plan
  • tips for bringing on new employees and having them productive from day 1, especially when you are up to your eyeballs in work!
  • tips for creating a welcoming environment where employees feel connected to their workplace and competent on the job.

When you enroll in this program you will receive a hard copy of the guide by mail and be automatically enrolled in all follow-up education, networking and technical assistance offered by the Onboarding Seasonal Farm Employees Program to help you have an on-boarding plan ready by March 2021.

In February 2021 you will have access to 4-weeks of on-line, personalized assistance to finalize your 2021 plan.  This program, Developing Your Farm's Onboarding Plan for Seasonal Workers, will be a combination of on-line webinars with CCE, NYCAMH, NYS DOL and US DOL, and experienced NYS farmers; online discussion; and access to resources to help you as you get ready for 2021.  You will also receive one-on-one technical assistance from CCE and Ag Workforce Development staff on your on-boarding plan and an opportunity to communicate with other farms in NYS who are working on their plans too.  This program will be self-paced, so we can accommodate your schedule.

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Blueberry Pruning Workshop

Event Offers DEC Credits

March 26, 2025
Altona, NY

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

10 am - noon

 Irona Berry Haven

1897 Alder Bend Rd, Altona, NY 12910

$10 per farm

1 DEC credit requested in categories 1A, 10, and 22

Join us at Jeffrey Guerin's berry farm for a morning of pruning demonstrations, pest and disease identification, and more. Bring your own pruners so that you can learn by doing! Dress warmly for our workshop, which will be held outdoors. In the case of severe weather on the 26th, the workshop will be held at the same time on the 27th. Light refreshments will be provided.


Champlain Valley Apple Pest Management Refresher

Event Offers DEC Credits

March 27, 2025
Chazy, NY

Join us in Chazy on March 27th for some pest management updates, and to receive some additional pesticide recertification credits for your farm's certified applicators! We will be offering 2.25 DEC recertification credits in categories 22, 10, and 1A. Light refreshments will be provided, and lunch following the meeting (sponsored by Valent) is optional.

$5 per employee

Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop

April 1, 2025 : Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop
Germantown, NY

This event is a blind wine tasting for ENY grape industry members to get feedback from fellow growers and Cornell Enologists on unfinished white wines (hybrid, vinifera, etc.)

We respectfully request that only professional winemakers or commercial vineyard owners attend, as space is limited. Limit two wines per winery/vineyard.

Pre-registration is required.  For questions, please contact Jeremy Schuster at jds544@cornell.edu

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