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In this episode, we discuss labor challenges farmers face and an exciting new research project developing innovative hiring models to meet farmers' needs. Episode 29.
0:00 – Introduction
1:40 – Focus Groups and Business Models
6:45 – Challenges and Goals Identified by Farmers
8:43 – Impact of COVID-19 on the Project
9:00 – Farmer Feedback and Concerns
11:28 – Innovative Labor Models Proposed
13:00 – Next Steps and Future Plans
14:51 – Conclusion and Resources
In this episode, Rich Lavigne, our Staff Attorney for Special Projects, shares innovative hiring tools farmers can utilize to meet their labor challenges — hint: these tools are business structures! Tune into our conversation about the Innovative Labor Models project in collaboration with New Entry Sustainable Farming Project, out of Tufts University’s Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy, to hear about the potential of collaborative hiring models, how they can address labor challenges farmers face AND align with their core values, as well as so much more.
Intro Music: “Easy Lemon” from Royalty Free by Kevin MacLeod. Released: 2012.
