California Harvesters, Inc.
Good for growers, good for workers
Our Mission
California Harvesters, Inc. (CHI) is an employee benefit company supplying agricultural labor to growers in California’s Central Valley. This first-of-its-kind farm labor contracting company is designed to create high-quality farm labor jobs connected to an ecosystem of support. CHI’s value proposition is based on respect, dignity, and opportunity for workers and our community. We believe that open communication and transparency are the keys to creating a cooperative and successful business.
How Are We Different?
The driving question behind California Harvesters is how to make farm work a good job that provides benefits, opportunities for personal and professional growth, and respect. California Harvesters is governed by a trust, of which workers become members once they log a certain number of hours with California Harvesters. Eventually, trust members will be elected to the Board of Directors, and will participate in making major business decisions.
La pregunta detrás de California Harvesters es: ¿Cómo creamos trabajados agrícolas que son deseables y proporcionan beneficios, oportunidades para crecer, y respeto? California Harvesters está gobernado por una estructura de “fideicomiso” que empleará trabajadores que dediquen un cierto número de horas a la empresa. Con el tiempo, los miembros del será fideicomisos electos a la mesa directiva y van a participar en tomar decisiones importantes en la empresa.
“This is the first company that cares about us.”
—CHI EMPLOYEE, 3RD PARTY INDEPENDENT AUDIT, october 2018
1,200+
WORKERS RECRUITED
9
grower clients
3-to-1
supervisor-to-crew ratio
Why Work With Us?
CHI exists to ensure that growers benefit from a stable and productive workforce, particularly as the Central Valley faces a major labor shortage. CHI recruits seasoned workers as well as workers who have little experience in our client’s crop. We invest in skills and management training under knowledgeable crew bosses to ensure that new entrants know how to pick and pack quality crops. In doing so, CHI helps to expand the labor pool and meet the needs of growers. CHI also rewards employee retention through its trust model, in which workers who log a certain number of hours with the company become beneficiaries of the company trust. This strategy ensures that growers can benefit from a reliable workforce over time without the added costs of training new employees each season.
CHI existe para asegurar que productores se benefician de una fuerza laboral estable y productiva, particularmente cuando el Valle Central hace frente una escasez de mano de obra. CHI recluta trabajadores quienes tienen poca experiencia trabajando en el cultivo de nuestro cliente y también recluta trabajadores expertos. Invertimos significativamente en entrenamiento y gerencia debajo mayordomos expertos para asegurar que nuevos trabajadores saben piscar y empacar productos de alta calidad. Esta estrategia ayuda a expandir el grupo laboral disponible a los grandes productores y llenar las necesidades de productores. CHI recompensa la retención de empleados a través del modelo fideicomiso. Esa estrategia asegurar que productores pueden beneficiar de un fuerza laboral que es confiable, sin los costos de entrenamiento empleados nuevos cada temporada.
“Here I see a change. Women are respected, and they pay attention to workers.”
—CHI Employee, 3rd Party Independent Audit, Oct. 2018