Sustainable Agriculture Sustainable farming. Sustainability means we must meet our present needs without sacrificing the needs of future generations. It involves the long term stewardship of human as well as natural resources. Our workers are informed that they can talk to me at any time even phone me at home if something is on their mind. We have an employee handbook that addresses personnel issues with fairness in mind.
Fairness is always foremost on our minds.
On banana farms in developing countries, safety is often a distant second to production in importance. This is the order of importance that we place on our farm operations. Worker are told that they are authorized to shut the operation down for safety reasons at any time. In addition, when prices are good and productivity is up, we give bonuses as well as profit sharing. We hold two company functions every year.