Becoming The Employer of Choice: Intercultural Competence

Empower Your Farm Management with PNWCSA & Oregon Farm Corps! 

Registration Now Open for 2026! Dive into Becoming the Employer of Choice for our farmers, our comprehensive 4-part series starting this January!

Program Highlights:

• January 7th Building Intercultural Competence as Farm Employers: Communicating across differences can be both scary and tricky. This session explores some common missteps and offers suggestions for how to avoid them. 

  
  

• January 14th Strategic Leadership: This session explores emotional intelligence and different leadership styles – and how you can use these various skills to create a positive and rewarding work environment for both you and your employees.

  
  

• January 21st Farm Business Culture: Your farm has a unique culture, and you are a big part of defining and conveying that culture to employees. We will explore your farm business culture and then talk through steps you can take to support trust, respect, creativity, and other elements of a positive work environment.  

  
  

• January 28th Developing a Motivated Workforce: Employees are motivated by extrinsic factors like wages and also by intrinsic factors like achievement, curiosity, and pride. This session examines internal motivation and details numerous ways you can support motivation on your farm.

  
  

About the series, Becoming the Employer of Choice:

This series will give you practical tools to make your farm an employer of choice. The series was developed by the University of Wisconsin, Madison Extension, and Fairshare Coalition. Whether you have worked with employees for many years or are in the early stages of hiring staff, this series has something for you. Each session from 10-12 noon PST ensures you gain insights and practical tools to enhance your farm’s work environment.

 Special Pricing:

• Oregon Farm Corps Host Farmers: Free!

• BIPOC Farmes: Free!

• PNWCSA Members: $5

• Non Member Farms: $15

This series was developed using research-based techniques and real-world examples make these programs practical and useful for any vegetable farm owner or manager. Peer-to-peer discussion is core, and attendees will often learn as much from each other as they do from the trainers. Vegetable farm owners and managers co-created these programs, and each session is delivered by farmers and program staff.