Online Training
Webinars, Seminars & Workshops
Build & Enhance Skills With Online Webinars, Seminars & Workshops
Beginning in 2024, EFI is pleased to present a range of learning and training opportunities for individuals and farming operations to better understand and apply key social responsibility concepts.
Webinars, seminars and courses are designed to align to the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices and provide introductory knowledge and skills to pursue EFI Certification. Seminars are offered as introductions to topics and workshops and courses dive deeper to build applicable knowledge and skills for managers, supervisors and workers.
Registering multiple attendees from a single farming operation creates shared knowledge to begin to implement key social responsibility initiatives.
Training topics will include:
- improving communication and worker protections
- creating a culture and systems to prevent harassment and discrimination across the operation
- developing management systems that support social responsibility
- introducing and embracing continuous improvement
- sustainability and solving for retailer requirements
- worker health and safety
Fall 2024 Course Calendar
Past Offerings
October 2024
October 2 – How to Talk to Your Customers About ECIP
Join us for a one-hour webinar on leveraging the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) within your Sales and Marketing teams. Learn what your customers expect to see from ECIP, how to use your engagement score as a key talking point in sales conversations and hear from the ECIP Marketing team about the tools and resources available to ECIP users.
September 2024
September 25 – Collaboration For Continuous Improvement
Explore how managers and workers can work together to enhance productivity, efficiency, and sustainability on farms and in agricultural businesses. Participants will learn concrete strategies for fostering collaboration, leveraging workers’ expertise, and overcoming challenges in implementing continuous improvement practices.
September 11 – ECIP Supplier Program Overview
Join to learn about the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) and the new Supplier Program. See a demo of the platform with a focus on the new features, what this means for retail partners, plus how to get started as a supplier. Hear from active ECIP users, retailers and a live Q&A.
September 12 – Tools to Building a Highly Engaged Workforce
Join Lulu Rivera, EFI’s training manager for a webinar that will cover tools for collaboration, safety, continuous improvement and communication. Though our time together will be short, there will be key takeaways and opportunities to dive deeper into further learning.
September 3 – ECIP Introduction for Growers / Introducción sobre ECIP para
Join to learn about the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP), how to use the platform as a grower and how to respond to the self-assessment questionnaire. Featuring guest speakers, a platform demo and overview, as well as audience Q&A. This session will be held in Spanish.
Participa en este webinar para conocer sobre el Programa de Implementación de la Carta Ética (ECIP), cómo utilizar la plataforma como productor y cómo responder al cuestionario de autoevaluación. Habrán ponentes invitados, una demostración de la plataforma y una visión general, así como un espacio para responder las preguntas del público. Esta sesión se impartirá en español.
August 2024
August 21 – The Impact of Effective Communication in Fostering Safe Work Environments
Learn how developing effective communication skills in your workforce can help create a culture that prioritizes their well-being, fostering a safe and collaborative workplace while ensuring worker protections.
July 2024
July 23 – ECIP Introductory Webinar
Join to learn about the Ethical Charter Implementation Program (ECIP) and how suppliers, growers and retailers are using the platform to strengthen engagement around labor practices in the fresh produce industry. Featuring guest speakers, a program overview, as well as audience Q&A.
March 11, 13, 14 and 19 -Practical Worker Health & Safety Workshop Utilizing Best Practices (Series of 4)
March 11, 13, 14 & 19, 8 – 9:30 am PDT / 11 am – 12:30 pm EDT (Spanish session)
An immersive and interactive 6-hour workshop spread across 4 separate 1.5-hour sessions, designed to expand the knowledge and skills of farm employees to prioritize worker health and safety and continuous improvement. This workshop aims to reinforce a solution-focused culture within agricultural operations, enabling participants to identify and address Worker Health and Safety problems effectively.
March 20 – The Impact of Effective Communication in Ensuring Worker Protection
Learn how developing effective communication skills in your workforce can help create a culture that prioritizes their well-being, fostering a safe and collaborative workplace while ensuring worker protections.
April 18 – Leading With a Trauma-Informed Approach
Price: FREE
12:00 PST / 3:00 EDT
This webinar will provide practical strategies for implementing a trauma-informed approach in the workplace, fostering a supportive environment, and leading employees through this lens. Featuring industry experts:
Vivian Page: VP of Human Capitol, Stemilt Growers
Greta Matos: Industry expert in trauma-informed auditing approaches.
Watch on Demand
April 2024
April 17, 18 & 23 – Sustainability 101: Coordinate & Communicate Sustainability Efforts
10 am – 1 pm PDT / 1 – 4 pm EDT
Fresh produce companies must measure and communicate sustainability efforts to their customers, yet key staff are often missing the foundational knowledge and tools to coordinate, measure and communicate effectively. This intensive, customized course will help teams design a sustainability roadmap based on industry trends and organizational priorities.
April 24 – Collaboration for Continuous Improvement
Explore how engaging your workforce by building a culture of involvement and collaboration, can strengthen your management systems, drive positive organizational change, and foster continuous improvement.
May 2024
May 14 – Webinar: How to Put Sustainability at the Heart of Your Brand
Live Webinar
FREE
11 am PDT / 2 pm EDT
You’re taking care to make your business environmentally and socially responsible but are you getting market credit for your efforts? Author and corporate advisor Maisie Ganzler will share the five steps to successfully building a brand based on sustainability from her book You Can’t Market Manure at Lunchtime: and Other Lessons from the Food Industry for Creating a More Sustainable Company.
This webinar is perfect for anyone building or maintaining a brand (c-suite, marketing, branding and sales staff).
The one-hour webinar will be a practical how-to guide with a roadmap for action that will help attendees:
- Choose the issues that create differentiation for your company
- Ensure your corporate mission and systems are in alignment
- Setting and measuring targets
- What to do when things go wrong and how to avoid greenwashing
- Telling your story
Watch On-Demand OR Attend on LinkedIn Live
May 15, 16 & 21 – Sustainability 101: Coordinate & Communicate Sustainability Efforts
Live, Instructor-Led With One-on-One Customization
10 am – 1 pm PDT / 1 – 4 pm EDT
Fresh produce companies must measure and communicate sustainability efforts to their customers, yet key staff are often missing the foundational knowledge and tools to coordinate, measure and communicate effectively. This intensive, customized course will help teams design a sustainability roadmap based on industry trends and organizational priorities.
May 22 – Collaborative Strategies for Occupational Health and Safety
In this session, we will evaluate best practices based on OSHA guidelines that focus on preventing work-related injuries and illnesses. Additionally, we will explore strategies for safeguarding and promoting workers’ health.
June 2024
June 26 – Fostering Respectful and Inclusive Workplaces
Learn about the key principles that help foster a dignified work environment free from abuse, harassment and discrimination. We will explore and discuss terms such as justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
October 2024
In this session, we will discuss common risks, and apply involving the workforce in continuous improvement that focuses on preventing work-related injuries and illnesses. Additionally, we will explore best practices and strategies for safeguarding and promoting workers’ health.
November 2024
November 6 – Fostering Respectful and Inclusive Workplaces
Learn about the key principles that help foster a dignified work environment free from abuse, harassment and discrimination. We will explore and discuss terms such as justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
November 12, 14, 19, 21, 2024 – Facilitation 101: Training and Development – Bilingual
This course builds facilitation skills to engage adult learners and create interactive, inclusive learning environments. Participants will practice various techniques, receive feedback and build a toolkit of strategies to enhance their facilitation skills and involvement of adult learners.
December 3, 5, and 10, 2024 – Facilitation 102: Techniques and Tools for EFI Certification
This course prepares individuals to become certified EFI Internal Trainers by covering the EFI curriculum, leadership training and essential trainer responsibilities. Participants will develop key skills in communication, conflict resolution and teamwork. Facilitation 101: Training and Development is a prerequisite for those who have not attended an EFI Leadership Team training.
2024 Fall Seminar Series
One-hour, live, instructor-led learning sessions equip participants with essential skills and knowledge to implement principles from the Ethical Charter on Responsible Labor Practices and to pursue or support EFI Certification.
- August 21: The Impact of Effective Communication in Ensuring Worker Protection
- September 25: Collaborative Management Systems for Continuous Improvement
- October 10: Collaborative Strategies for Occupational Health and Safety
- November 10: Fostering Respectful and Inclusive Workplaces
Recordings will be available. Register for one for $85 or all 4 for $300.
EFI Leadership Team Training for EFI Certification
Farming operations seeking to earn EFI Certification will need to form and train an EFI Leadership Team. Leadership Team training is available in-person, hybrid or remote. Learn more about creating and training an EFI Leadership Team as part of the EFI Certification process.
