Business of Agriculture: Horticulture Growers’ Short Course January 25

By January 17, 2013Business of Agriculture

Don’t miss your chance for a full day of information on agriculture’s most important resource – people. We’re bringing to you an excellent list of inspiring speakers whose presentations will provide thought provoking insight on a range of people issues from family dynamics to acquiring and keeping employees on your farm to global human-resource trends in agriculture.

raspberry2013 Building Business Success at Horticulture Growers’ Short Course

Plan to attend these sessions and take away valuable ideas. Access to these presentations is open to everyone with an admission into the Pacific Agriculture Show.

– Friday January 25, 2013 at Tradex, Abbotsford Airport –

Program at a glance:

Agriculture More than Ever Sharon Eistetter from Farm Credit Canada

Growing Family Business Success: Managing People on the Farm and within the Family
Judi Cunningham, Executive Director, Business Families Centre, UBC

YOU CAN’T FIRE ME — I’M YOUR FATHER: Building Leadership to Last John Fast, Family Enterprise Solutions, Waterloo, Ontario

Keynote Address: Field of Dreams Michelle Painchaud, President and CEO at Painchaud Performance Group, Winnipeg

Managing Agriculture’s Most Important Resource – Employees Ralph Jones, Instructor Farm Business Management, Idaho State University

How an Employee Handbook Can Save Your Farm – Panel Discussion

Putting a Stamp on Your Farm’s Brand Michelle Painchaud, President and CEO at Painchaud Performance Group, Winnipeg

Further information about the speakers and their presentations is available here.

The full Horticulture Growers’ Short Course program is here.

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