AgHiRE

who can enroll?

Employers can enroll employees who exhibit significant potential for advancement and would benefit from professional development. 

We welcome candidates that employers wish to develop, provided they meet the following criteria:

• Employees currently in front-line farm leadership roles or those showing promise for promotion.
• Participants should be native-Spanish speakers as much of the program will be delivered in Spanish.

To ensure we can offer this training to as many employers as possible, we may need to limit the number of seats per company. If you’re interested in enrolling more than three employees, please let program staff know during your discovery call.

Program Cost

The enrollment fee is $600 per employee.

The AgHiRE program requires that employees be paid for time spent in class. Participant stipends to offset training costs may be available on a case-by-case basis and can be discussed individually during the enrollment process.

Employer and Employee Commitments

Employers are expected to adjust their operations and staffing to ensure enrolled employees can fully attend the program. This includes avoiding work-related interruptions during scheduled class time, allowing employees to dedicate 100% of their time in class to learning.

The High Road Training Partnership grant that funds our program aspires to support innovative programs that deliver equity, climate resilience, and job quality. To this end, the vision of our program is to provide farm employees high-quality professional development that will result in long term career advancement. We will conduct employer evaluations approximately 3 months after the program ends to learn what new or increased skills participants have demonstrated, how this has impacted farm operations, and what changes in participant’s responsibilities, position or wage advancements have occurred, or are anticipated.