Yamhill valley Faimeis Netwoik

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Ran pilot in 2u1S
o Funuing came fiom college
o 6 stuuents on 2 faims
o Stipenu position foi stuuents, paiu by college
o S uays on faim, 1 classioom, plus fielu tiips & a final pioject
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o Looking foi funuing to make the piogiam sustainable
! ~12 funus expecteu to come fiom college
! ~12 outsiue funus; talking with the Confeueiateu Tiibes of uianu Ronue
o uoals of piogiam: get stuuents out in the community, piactical tiaining in faim woik, anu
pioviuing a value to the faimei thiough laboi
o Possibilities foi futuie:
! Cieuiteu summei couise (stuuents woulu have to pay, no financial aiu foi summei
couises=a concein)
! Bosting of a summei confeience on sustainable & local agiicultuie
! Confeience coulu be a funuiaisei foi piogiam.
! Stait a campus faim
! Seivice cieuit compensation foi stuuents volunteeiing on faims
Sophie: 2u1S Stuuent paiticipant ieflection
o Bau a gieat expeiience
o Biu hei final pioject on what the faimeis thought about the pilot piogiam
o Positive feeuback fiom faimeis involveu (laigely, that it was gieat to have laboi without
the out-of-pocket expense of hiiing)
o Take away fiom expeiience: neeu foi faim laboi is huge

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Bow an employee became the best option & finuing the iight peison
o Small piopeity can't make a living foi thiee people (paitneis in the LLC)
o Wanteu to continue to uevelop the business so that it coulu suppoit futuie livelihoous &
justify the time put into the piopeity
o Best solution: hiie an employee
! The business can continue to giow without any of the owneis having to leave theii
off-faim jobs
o 0thei benefits of auuing an employeethings they weie looking foi
! Fiesh set of eyes has pioveu beneficial
! Wanteu someone who was into the concept but not an expeit in piouuction
! Neeueu flexibility
o Challenges when looking foi someone
! Finuing the iight fit can be a big challenge
! Eveiy faim's neeus aie uiffeienttype of faiming, scale, etc.
Then theie's all of the stuff that applies to !"" employees
o Weiiu ag exemptions
o State & feueial aie uiffeient
o Withholuing
o Woikei's comp
o Takes a lot of time anu eneigy to hanule the bookkeepingpayioll: eithei you neeu to like
uoing it oi hiie someone to hanule it foi you
o It is a valuable piocess to go thiough & you gain a lot of knowleuge
! 0nueistanuing how othei faims woik
o You can eithei have the heauache up fiont oi latei
Things you might not necessaiily think about
o Nanagement skills iequiieu to woik with an employee & hanule the back enu
iequiiements as well
o 1
st
yeai might be less efficient, but it impioves fiom theie
o Employees auu flexibility
o Foices you to pay attention to the business siue moie

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What uo you (faimeis) neeu fiom laboi.
o Foi livestock specifically (Chiistine, Cast Iion Faim)
! Piopei milking technique
! 2 houis a uay, S6S uays a yeai
! 7 uays a week iequiieu
! Neeu flexibility
! Willing to tiavel foi job
! Bouis aie challenging (ie: Sam)
! Baiu to justify costs like woikeis comp ($Suuyi) foi this kinu of laboi
Be awaie of befoie hiiing:
o Buugeting challenges (up fiont: insuiance payout, tax time: neeu $ in the bank)
o Enu of yeai payments on withholuing
o Cash flow challenges
Biu you get help on taxes.
o Aien: no
o Small ag expeitise is haiu to come by in tax accountants
Netwoik to uo: iuentify local iesouices foi
o Insuiance
! Rosie Bamilton Bagan
! Beiui uaiiet
! Alan Bopp (Newbeig)
o Accountants
! .
o Taxes
! .
Sometimes it costs moie to uo the papeiwoik to hiie someone than it uoes to just uo the woik
youiself
Scale challenges:
o Bo it all youiself & buin out
o 0R be put out of business by the cost of employees
Neeu to figuie out faim laboi foi livestock too, not just vegetables
o The uemanu anu inteiest in local meatmilkfibei is giowingthe faimeis aie going to
neeu help
o Stuuents might be a goou option (ouu houis, limiteu houis, flexibility iequiiements)
We (faimeis) expect to pay people when we neeu help, but also expect the employee to pull theii
own weight
o $14houi foi a tiaineu employee
Buncan: theie is a lot of stuuent inteiest in the inteinship piogiam; they aie willing to woik foi
tiaue oi volunteei, anu faimeis neeu helpthe tiick is maiiying the two
What uo you (faimeis) neeu fiom a volunteei.
o Employees: expectation is that you uo youi job & woik inuepenuently
o Inteins: faimei's iesponsibility is to offei tiaining anu euucation & be piesent with the
intein when uoing tasks
! Iffy legal giounu with inteinships
! Faimeis woulu expect less woik & plan on offeiing a cuiiiculum
! "If they can uo it on theii own, it's no longei an inteinship"
! Liability conceins
Possible stiuctuie foi Linfielu piogiam: V summei foi cieuit & V foi pay
o An "exteinship"
o Staying <$6uu=no payioll issues
Recent iuea being floateu: 0sing a temp agency to hanule the papeiwoik. Faimei thoughts.
o Not ieally theii typical gig, might not "get it"
o A ueuicateu agency familiai with the neeus of small scale ag might woik
o Bave to iemembei that Latino laboi is a goou option foi this kinu of ag too
Sophie: What weie you looking foi when you signeu up foi the Linfielu piogiam.
o Expeiience
o Stipenu soliuifieu it: haiu to uo otheiwise
! Stipenu was minimum wage foi Su houisweek
! 9 week piogiam
Buncan: Was the application piocess foi the pilot competitive.
o Yes: hau S spots to offei anu 2S applicants
o Selections aimeu to get a uiveise gioup of stuuents
o Faimeis weie incluueu in selection & placement piocess
Buncan: 2 uiffeient types of faims paiticipateu
o It was beneficial to have uiffeient scales iepiesenteu
! Stuuents who weie not going to be inteiesteu in faiming as a caieei woulu still gain
useful knowleuge in foou piouuction
! Stuuents inteiesteu in faiming woulu have a chance to expeiience it on a laigei
scale faim
Buncan: looking foi sustainable funuing mouels, inteiesteu in possibility of on-campus faim to
biing in some ievenue to funu piogiam
Beth: Woulu it be helpful foi the Netwoik to cieate some kinu of cleaiing house foi connecting
faimeis anu folks inteiesteu in woiking on faims.
o Yes.
o Nay simply be a page on the YvFN site to list job oppoitunities anu foi folks looking foi
woik to list what they'ie looking foi
! Summei help neeus like haying, ciitical neeusshoit teim (ex: help us biing in the
wintei squash befoie the fiost) anu longei teim (full season) as well
! volunteei, intein, woik foi tiaue, employment all listeu
! Fiienus of Family Fameis may alieauy uo this.
o Possibly builu into something biggei uown the line