Harvest days don’t have to feel rushed or chaotic. This course walks you through practical, farmer-tested systems that make harvesting clearer, calmer, and far more efficient. With templates, workflows, and simple tools you can put into action right away, you’ll feel more confident and your team will too. If you’re looking for a smoother farm season and a system that supports you instead of stressing you out, this course is here to help.
What is included with this course
- Course Recording (this was originally given live) (about.1hr40min)
- Harvest System Spreadsheets
- To set harvest benchmarks
- To plan your harvest morning
- To track you harvest
- To calculate yields
- Harvest Protocol Template
Course Outline
- Introduction
- Harvest Principles
- Harvest efficiency
- Harvest effectiveness
- Harvest ergonomics
- The basic tools
- Planning
- Harvest numbers
- Daily schedules
- Weekly schedules
- How to manage for fluctuations in the plan
- Record Keeping
- Working with a team
- Train your team
- Create and integrate managers for specific crops.
- Getting your team to produce consistent bunches more quickly while maintaining a good vibe on the team
- How to organize and assign harvest tasks.
- How many team members per crop on harvest day? Harvest in teams more or as individuals?
- Wash-pack systems
- Workflow
- Labeling - when it's necessary, when it's overkill
- Organising your cold room/cooler
- Wrapping it up