{"id":12586,"date":"2023-05-09T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=12586"},"modified":"2026-05-06T08:54:31","modified_gmt":"2026-05-06T15:54:31","slug":"farm-labor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/local-projects-and-grants\/farm-labor\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Workforce Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wsu-hero wsu-width--full wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left wsu-hero--size-xsmall \">\n\t\n\t<div class=\"wsu-image-frame wsu-image-frame--fill\">\n\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg\"\n\t\tsrcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 2200w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 396w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 729w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 768w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2023\/05\/On-Farm-Food-Safety.jpg 2048w\"\n\t\tsizes=\"(max-width: 2200px) 100vw, 2200px\"\n\t\talt=\"Sun on the horizon of fields\"\n\t\tstyle=\"object-position: 50% 50%\"\n\t\t\/>\n<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wsu-overlay wsu-pattern-after wsu-overlay--dark-left wsu-pattern--wsu-light-radial-left\"><\/div>\n\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__content\">\n\t\t<div class=\"wsu-hero__caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 id=\"title-id-6a2ed83f6825c\" class=\"wsu-title wsu-hero__title\"><span>Agriculture Workforce Development<\/span><\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"breadcrumbs \" typeof=\"BreadcrumbList\" vocab=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/\"><span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to WSU Extension.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/\" class=\"main-home\" ><span property=\"name\">WSU Extension<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"1\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to Thurston County.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\" class=\"home\" ><span property=\"name\">Thurston County<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"2\"><\/span> &gt; <span property=\"itemListElement\" typeof=\"ListItem\"><a property=\"item\" typeof=\"WebPage\" title=\"Go to News.\" href=\"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/news\/\" class=\"post-root post post-post\" aria-current=\"page\"><span property=\"name\">News<\/span><\/a><meta property=\"position\" content=\"3\"><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"wsu-row wsu-row--sidebar-right\" >\r\n    \n<div class=\"wsu-column\"  style=\"\">\r\n\t\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Pac Mountain Region Agriculture Labor Survey Findings<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"474\" height=\"321\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/06\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"Mosaic of agriculture related photos in tile format - crops crowing, eggs, chickens, shellfish, cattle, and fields.\" class=\"wp-image-15180\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/06\/Capture.jpg 474w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/06\/Capture-396x268.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>An agriculture workforce development survey was conducted as part of an evaluation of the needs of agricultural employers in the Pac Mountain region of western Washington.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This region covers Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties. As we know farms face financial and other challenges hiring sufficient and adequate workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Feedback and ideas regarding <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/extension\/uploads\/sites\/49\/2024\/06\/Summary-of-Agriculture-Labor-Survey-Findings-draft.pdf\">survey findings (pdf)<\/a> are welcome. 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