Exclusive Offer via AgCareers
Features Foundational Learning
Grounded in Ag has an exclusive offer providing employers access to the Foundational and Focus Courses that are beneficial to a wide swath of employees coming into agriculture from other industries and backgrounds. Marketed as the Ag Onboarding Academy, these courses provide you knowledge needed to get the job done whether you are new to ag or upskilling for a current role or promotion.
Learn from the Experts
Hearing things second hand is okay, but often, you can miss out on key points that were shared. This program pulls on the expertise of farmers and experts without the high cost of travel to let participants learn straight from the source. This helps you see the things that are important to your business so you can better understand, recognize, differentiate, and prioritize.
Individual or Group Learning
It's important to align what you learn to the organization you work for and the goals in place. We provide discussion guides to help individual participants take the learning back and true it up with peers, managers, and colleagues. We even have a discussion group guide if you'd like to do this like a book club! Companies wanting a facilitated book club can reach out for that too.
Ready When You Are
Perhaps the best news is that this is simple to access and ready when you are. There are hours of videos available in easy-to-digest lessons, packaged with PDF downloads, links to vetted resources on the topics, vocabulary, and more. We continue to update materials, which means Grounded in Ag is a plug-play option for you and your employees.
It takes time to learn the basics and build depth -- but it doesn't need to overwhelm the calendar.
Onboarding to agriculture used to look like a half day on the farm and some books or maybe a magazine that was really meant for people already inside agriculture. We've designed a program approach to learning so those farm visits can pivot from purely learning opportunities and become chances to build relationships with potential customers.
Our programs let you learn in the time you have available, whenever they hit. Whether it's in the middle of the day between meetings or in a hotel after a pitch. Stream the lessons on your mobile or log in via wifi. We give you the flexibility to learn quickly on your schedule.
Learning about ag takes time, sure. But not knowing can be brutal.
For people who have grown up in agriculture, there are a lot of concepts they just assume others understand. Things like the seasonality of cropping or raising livestock, understanding the way business cycles work, and some of the major problems that have left lasting marks on the entire industry.
These courses were developed by people who have come into ag from outside and learned it well enough to seem native. A group of advisers offered insight, and experts bring knowledge that informs every lesson, program and participant.
You get to learn about farming and farmers directly from the people who live it every day, so once you hit the farm for that first visit, you feel truly grounded.
Crops and Livestock Experts Across the US Deliver Lessons
One of the pieces that drives impact of Grounded in Ag is that all of the courses and lessons include perspectives from people in the industry who live this day in and day out.
We have people who have learned on the job, who put in long days on the farm or ranch, and others who have earned PhDs and lead research efforts geared toward the challenges faced on those operations. You will learn from folks who host field days, quiet-spoken farmers who prefer to stay close to home, and renowned global experts. All of them value having more people working on the challenges faced by agriculture in feeding our communities and preserving our resources. Check out the expertise page on our website to learn more about the experts involved with Grounded in Ag as teachers and advisors.
