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Videos
Enterprising Rural Families |
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Family:
Let's Talk: Communication for Farm
Families video:
Modem Version or
LAN Version
(in Windows MediaPlayer, the free player is available at
MediaPlayer)
Lyn Sykes, a conunsellor experienced in setting up familiy meetings shows
how a family can meet to discuss problems and find solutions.
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Business:
Oak Lake Farm video:
Modem Version or
LAN Version
(in Windows MediaPlayer, the free player is available at
MediaPlayer)
Meet the Wildes from Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. Elspeth and Peter have taken on
the challenges of competing against large grocery operators with their dairy
farm and fresh produce market. The dairy was the primary source of income
and farm activity until Elspeth opened a market garden business. She shares
some of the secrets to Oak Lake Farm's success.
The Best Little Pork Shoppe video:
Modem Version or
LAN Version
(in Windows MediaPlayer, the free player is available at
MediaPlayer)
You need one pig, a farmhouse kitchen, and a great location. At
least that is what Linda and Jerry Knechtel from Shakespeare, Ontario
needed to start a family run business. The Best Little Port Shoppe
eventually moved from the home to a renovated out-building on the farm and
has grown to meet the demand for specialty products.
Harward Farm video:
Modem Version or
LAN Version
(in Windows MediaPlayer, the free player is available at
MediaPlayer)
The Harward boys (ages 8 and 10) from Spanish Fork, Utah, started
a 4-H project to grow sweet corn on two acres. Ten years later, their
father, Jud, talks about the family's sweet corn business that includes
125 acres of corn and 10 - 15 seasonal employees. And yes, the boys are
still involved.
Click on the links
below to view videos from the WIRE Video Library Series
in RealVideo (the free player is available at
Real.com)
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First You Must Change Your Paradigm
modem CD
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Setting Ranch and Farm Goals
modem CD
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Conducting a Ranch or Farm Resource Inventory
modem CD
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Problem Work Situations:
Working with Employees
in Windows MediaPlayer (videos located at AgHelpWanted.org)
(the free player is available at
MediaPlayer)
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Tardiness - a picker arrives in the orchard where the crew is well
into its work
| Avoidance | Specific Warning |
Explanation |
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Slow
Work - a cow feeder pitches hay as if it were lead
| Vague threat | Humoring | Problem
solving |
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Inebriation - a field crop irrigator is clearly under the influence
| Imposition of Penalty | Appeal to
Values | Emphasizing Authority |
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Poor
Quality Work - a picker is filling the bin with rotten fruit,
leaves, sticks, etc.
| Vague Threat | Emphasizing
Authority | Explanation |
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Theft
- the new mechanic seems to have lifted a pneumatic drill from the shop
| Avoidance | Imposition of
Penalty | Appeal to Values |
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Conflict Between Workers - two pickers on the same tree are at each
other
| Specific Warning | Humoring |
Problem Solving |
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Insubordination - a machine operator refuses to perform an assigned
task
| Emphasizing Authority |
Imposition of Penalty (1) |
| Imposition of Penalty | Problem Solving |
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Sleeping on the Job - the field man is dozing under a tractor
| Imposition of Penalty | Humoring
| Explanation |
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Careless Work - a milker wipes a few cows with the same paper towel
| Avoidance | Specific Warning |
Explanation |
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Community:
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