NEWS + EVENTS

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D and Maggie from Rock Steady Farm share their 10 years of experience as founders and stewards of a worker-owned farm cooperative in upstate NY. They will use Rock Steady Farm as a case study, and just one example of a worker cooperative, deep-diving into their ‘whys’, Rock Steady’s coop values that support their work culture, key internal documents they most often use, resources and support that helped them along the way.

Additionally, they will transparently share about the hard shit, demystifying some common misconceptions about what it means to start and/or join a worker coop, as well as what keeps them passionate about their work at Rock Steady, in addition to teaching and promoting farmer coops of all types within the broader food movement.

We will gear this workshop towards both beginner farmworkers and experienced farmworkers who do not have experience in worker coops. Rock Steady will be offering more advanced online workshops in February and March of 2026.

There will be plenty of time for Q&A, so please bring your own questions!

Join us on Wednesday, November 19 at 4pm PT/7pm ET on zoom.

Registration link coming soon!

Accessibility information: This session will be facilitated in English and simultaneously interpreted into Spanish by Cooperativa Brujúlas. Closed captioned will also be available.

Co-hosted by Not Our Farm, UW-Extension, and FairShare CSA Coalition.

Please note that Free School for Farmworkers sessions are a farmworker-only space. *We define a farmworker as someone working on a farm they do not own, for or without pay, including interns, apprentices, cooperative workers and aspiring farmworkers. If you have questions about whether you are eligible to participate, please contact Anita at anita@notourfarm.org

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