Award Date - Round Two: July 24, 2025

Awarded Amount - $325,550

The AgHiRE Expansion Planning Initiative will assess the feasibility of scaling a successful incumbent worker upskilling program into Colusa, Yuba, and Sutter Counties. This exploratory-phase effort centers disinvested agricultural communities by identifying regional workforce needs, engaging key stakeholders, and developing a roadmap for a pilot training implementation in winter 2026–2027. The initiative aims to strengthen inclusive workforce development pathways that promote upward mobility for incumbent farmworkers across the regional agricultural sector.

The project is organized around three interrelated objectives, each supported by concrete activities, outputs, and outcomes that will guide a community-informed, climate-resilient, and equitable workforce strategy.

Photo by Joan Cusick