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CAFA Annual Alberta Provincial Conference

The Canadian Association of Farm Advisors (CAFA)’s Annual Provincial Conference, Keeping Agriculture Healthy for the Family & on the Farm, was held in Red Deer, Alberta. The event addressed issues pertaining to agriculture: current developments locally and globally, HR issues, environmental challenges, legal questions, and more.

0540 – Training Family Members

On your family farm, some of your employees will inevitably be family members. When you begin training them, you will need to ensure that the employee who happens to be family is held just as accountable to a clear job description as employees who aren’t family.

0760 – Family Businesses at the Dinner Table

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Angela Santiago of The Little Potato Company spoke at the 2009 Human Resources Congress, Resourcing for the Future about the challenges of HR in a family-based business. She observed that there is a temptation for family businesses to bring work home and to indulge in business chatter at the dinner table. The [...]


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