Empowering employee leaders to monitor and improve safety in the workplace can foster a safer, more productive environment.

Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development has opened registration for its “Staffing and Organizing Your Team Online Course”, which takes place June 16-July 27, 2023.

Even if delivery is just a small percentage of your greenhouse business, it carries significant risk, including your reputation.

In today’s competitive labor market, leading companies are coming to the realization that traditional hiring methods are archaic at best and ineffective at worst.

It’s a misconception that you can motivate your employees. They should already be motivated. The key is to unleash their motivation.

Organized by Seed Your Future, the event was designed to help industry members build connections with local students and excite them about future career opportunities in horticulture.

The time you take to create or refresh your greenhouse operation’s safety guidelines can provide significant benefits.

Human resources departments are struggling with recruiting and retaining employees while trying to offer superior benefits and remain in compliance with laws during the pandemic.

Hoffman Nursery is not only creating new management positions, it is filling these roles with people experienced in a range of markets outside of horticulture.

You would be wrong if you think company culture doesn’t play a role in your employees’ happiness and satisfaction at your workplace.

Keep these qualifications in mind as you search to fill key positions on your cannabis cultivation team.

Attracting and retaining key employees is one of the cornerstones of resilient companies and crucial to the long-term viability of any business.

Horticulture has a lot to offer prospective employees from outside the industry, if we are willing to take a chance on hiring those who may not come through traditional channels.