Strategies for developing a motivated farm crew

Register here for this free virtual workshop, which will kick off CISA’s winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management.

An invested farm team is essential for farms to achieve the levels of productivity they need to succeed. Employees are motivated not only by wages and benefits, but also by opportunities to feel a sense of achievement, curiosity, and pride in their work. In this session, we’ll take a close look at the factors that contribute to employees’ motivation and discuss a wide (and attainable) range of ways in which you can support internal motivation within your farm crew. Presenters Sarah Janes Ugoretz, Farm Labor Educator at University of Wisconsin Extension, and Katie Bishop, owner of PrairiErth Farm, will share tried-and-true strategies to encourage employee motivation, grounded in real farm examples.

Contact marisa@buylocalfood.org with any questions.

CISA’s winter farmer-to-farmer series on employee management is supported by the Northeast Extension Risk Management project award no. 2024-70027-42540, from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture.