This event is intended for farmers' market vendors, farm staff, market managers, and volunteers working directly with HIP at farmers' markets, farm stands, and CSAs. Please join us at CISA's Fall HIP Forum to sum up HIP's successes and challenges, share best practices and existing resources, and advocate for what markets and farms need to ensure […]
4:30-6:00pm (Presentation) - 6:00-7:30 (Networking) Myrna Greenfield, “top egg” of Good Egg Marketing, will be leading a workshop as part of this CISA’s fall networking event. Whether you’re trying to figure out if there’s enough demand for your products, if there’s a gap you can fill, what your customers care about or who your competitors […]
**This is a two-part workshop. Part I will be held on Friday, January 12th from 12-5:30pm. Part II will be held on Monday, January 29th from 12-5:30. The original dates of January 5th and 12th have shifted due to weather on January 5th ** Presented by Julia Shanks and The Carrot Project, Making It Happen: […]
In this workshop we will explore the steps in hiring, training and retaining farm employees, from drafting job descriptions and policies to record-keeping and exit interviews. We’ll share some decision-making tools to help farmers become employers. Participants will be introduced to available resources to make farm labor management less overwhelming. This workshop is ideal for […]
How do you retain staff year after year? How do you create a strong team from the beginning and follow through the season? In this workshop we will work together to build management and training styles for staff retention including mission clarification, empowering managers and crew leaders, and clear communication and feedback. This workshop builds […]
How do you retain staff year after year? How do you create a strong team from the beginning and follow through the season? In this workshop we will work together to build management and training styles for staff retention including mission clarification, empowering managers and crew leaders, and clear communication and feedback. This workshop builds […]
This is a two-part workshop. Part I will be held on Friday, January 12th from 12-5:30pm. Part II will be held on Monday, January 29th from 12-5:30. Presented by Julia Shanks and The Carrot Project, Making It Happen: Profitability and Success training will give producers the ability to use four core financial management tools to […]
We’ll walk through the steps of creating an employee manual that your employees with understand We’ll also discuss federal and state laws, policies that support the health and well-being of your staff, and best practices for upholding those policies. Sarah is Counsel for the firm Bulkley Richardson in the Business and Finance department and is […]