[Market-farming] Rooftop was Wages

Allan Balliett aballiett at frontiernet.net
Mon Apr 20 00:09:20 EDT 2009


>

How is this working out, Liz? -Allan


>Hey Allan,
>
>I've got 5 workers starting in April from Rooftop of Virginia...not 
>sure if this organization is in your area, but they PAY the wages 
>for the workers.  I've not used this service before so I can't say 
>about reliability, dependability, etc, etc, but it might be an 
>option for you to explore if they're in your area too.
>
>Liz Pike
>Horseshoe Gardens
>Hillsville VA
>zone 6b/7a
>
>
>
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>On Behalf Of Allan Balliett
>Sent: Tuesday, March 24, 2009 9:47 PM
>To: Market Farming
>Subject: [Market-farming] Wages
>
>We are really getting the shaft on our H2-A farm workers this season.
>Until they arrive, I'm hiring local people to help on the farm. It's 
>a nightmare, really. The average person doesn't last more than 3 
>days (and by 'day,' I actually mean 4-6 hours) and doesn't arrive on 
>time on any of those days.
>
>I'm looking now to try to hire some High School students. Local 
>farmers have told me that I should pay High School students about $5 
>an hour. That seems very light to me, but, then again, $8.50 to $10 
>we offer adult workers seems very high for what we are getting in 
>return. (In fact, what we get in return is VERY depressing when I 
>look at what it costs us. Worse, of course, is how much of my own 
>time is consumed in just the acting hiring and re-hiring. Oh, here's 
>a new time waster: this is the first year we've had 'shopping 
>WWOOFERS," wwoofers who want to come to the farm for a tour to see 
>if they want to come back later and wwoof. I've yet to understand 
>how come people think I've got so much time. I should have gone into 
>soybeans, I think.)
>
>Anyway, sorry for the tirade.
>
>Thanks
>
>-Allan in WV
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