{"id":12586,"date":"2023-05-09T15:24:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T23:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/?page_id=12586"},"modified":"2025-01-15T16:09:05","modified_gmt":"2025-01-16T00:09:05","slug":"agriculture-workforce","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/extension.wsu.edu\/thurston\/agriculture-workforce\/","title":{"rendered":"Agriculture Workforce Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"cpb-row  pad-bottom gutter side-right\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-row-inner\"><div class=\"cpb-column  one\" style=\"\"><div class=\"cpb-textblock cpb-item \"><p><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2025\/01\/Career-Connect-Main-Section.pdf\">Agriculture and Food Systems Job Pathways for Youth and Adults<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>See this dynamic, picture-packed career-pathway resource featuring local farmers, how they got into agriculture and were trained up, and examples of the many kinds of agriculture jobs that may be of interest to you. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2025\/01\/Career-Connect-Main-Section.pdf\">Career Connect &#8211; Main Section<\/a><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2025\/01\/Career-Connect-Tables.pdf\">Farm Employment Resource List for Job Seekers<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>A compilation of resources helping job seekers find available jobs, connect to farmers, navigate K-12 pathways to agriculture, youth educational resources, farmer trainings, farmer schools, growers associations and technical resources, farm business development services, worker recruitment and placement, farm planning, cost-share programs, and equipment access, hands-on learning opportunities in the community, farmworker housing, tools for financial management, farmer access to data, and various topic-specific resources for composting, food safety, crop production, soil testing, farm walks, in addition to financial resources including grants, lending and cost share. <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2025\/01\/Career-Connect-Tables.pdf\">Career Connect &#8211; Tables<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Pac Mountain Region Agriculture Labor Survey Findings<\/h5>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2024\/06\/Capture.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-15180\" src=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2024\/06\/Capture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"321\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2024\/06\/Capture.jpg 474w, https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2024\/06\/Capture-396x268.jpg 396w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\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<p>This region covers Grays Harbor, Lewis, Mason, Pacific, and Thurston Counties. Results from the survey are reported <a href=\"https:\/\/wpcdn.web.wsu.edu\/wp-extension\/uploads\/sites\/2056\/2024\/06\/Summary-of-Agriculture-Labor-Survey-Findings-draft.pdf\">here<\/a>. As we know farms face financial and other challenges hiring sufficient and adequate workers.<\/p>\n<p>Feedback and ideas regarding survey findings are welcome. 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