{"id":3956,"date":"2021-06-22T09:18:15","date_gmt":"2021-06-22T13:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/?page_id=3956"},"modified":"2023-03-27T15:58:36","modified_gmt":"2023-03-27T19:58:36","slug":"scrub-events","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blog.uvm.edu\/cwcallah\/scrub-events\/","title":{"rendered":"SCRUB Events"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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SCRUB Project Home<\/a> | Resources <\/a>| Events<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Trainings, Workshops & Conferences<\/h1>\n<\/div>
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These webinars are available on YouTube with closed captioning, adjustable playback speed, and chapter markers in the description to help you view a certain section of the webinar. <\/em><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Winter Twilight Roundtable Series<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

Honing Your Management Style to Recruit and Retain a Lean and Clean Farm Crew<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n
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Employee strife and high turnover increases misery, inefficiency and food safety risk on farms.  Increasingly, hiring and retaining a reliable and productive farm crew is one of the biggest challenges facing farms.  Join this small group of experienced growers to discuss self-reflective strategies and \u201cpractices\u201d to help hone an authentic management \u201cstyle\u201d that fits your personality, and helps your crew become a well-oiled (and content) machine! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Payback on Purchasing New Wash\/Pack Equipment<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Join experienced growers discussing how they determine when it is worth buying an expensive piece of equipment. Main topics will include payback for specific pieces of equipment like rinse conveyors, cost-benefit analysis and other calculus used by growers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Greens Spinners for Farm Use<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Root Washers for Produce Farms<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

New Metal Building from Scratch at Hall Brook Farm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Post Harvest Case Studies<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Workarounds in Washing Greens That You Can\u2019t Live Without<\/h4>\n\n\n
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For many growers, greens processing is a high-stress, pinch-point within their farms\u2019 overall production flow. Join experienced greens growers to discuss in-the-trenches tricks and produce safety practices they cannot do without!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Building a Better Greens Bubbler<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hanging Hoses<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Forced Air Cooling On The Farm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Vegetable Wash Sinks, Tanks, Tubs and Basins: Upgrades for Efficiency and Ergonomics<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The BarnHouse: Optimized for Modern Day Vegetable Farming at Footprint Farm<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Parent, Farmer, and Wash-pack Manager! – Strategies to Keep Kids Happy, Employees Engaged, and Produce Safety Risks Low<\/h4>\n\n\n
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Join farmer-parents to share challenges and lessons learned from running their businesses while running after their kids.  Topics covered include:



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