“FarmHire” will renovate barns and provide Farmhands

FarmHire is the name of one of the six teams Iowans can apply for through Civilian Restoration Corps‘ website.

Modeled after CyHire, FarmHire is also the name of an online portal that will be made into a state-owned website.

Through FarmHire’s online portal, rural Iowans may create job postings that CRC-Certified Business Leaders may sign up to perform.  For example, a rural Iowan might post the following photo in order to request for their buildings to be renovated:   

Above photo by Sondra Wilson.

Or, a they might post a photo of a barn full of junk that needs sorted or hauled away, etc.:

Above photo by Larry’s Junk Removal is being used for First Amendment purposes in accordance with the Fair Use Doctrine.

Through FarmHire’s online portal, CRC-Certified Business Leaders may apply to handle any job posting. The Business Leader is then paid through CRC (through the portal) to tackle the job. Such funding will be allocated via the Rural Iowa Revitalization Act.

What is a CRC-Certified Business Leader?

CRC-Certified Business Leaders are Iowa-based businesses who may apply to become “CRC-Certified” through FarmHire. Once certified, they may call themselves a CRC-Certified Business Leader and apply for any FarmHire job posting. Again, they are paid through the online portal. Such funding may be used to purchase supplies through CRC Vouchers, perform Renovator Trainings, and hire FarmHire employees (see Farmhands and Renovators below).

There are two types of FarmHire Employees

Job applicants who post on FarmHire must indicate that they are either a “Farmhand” or a “Renovator”. All applicants must indicate that they are Farmhand unless they have gone through a Renovator Training by a CRC-Certified Business.

1.) Farmhand (entry level job) — Farmhands may be hired, through the FarmHire portal, to perform simpler tasks than Renovators. Many Farmhands will begin by helping out with tasks such as helping clearing out old barns, cleaning, scraping old paint off the side of a barn, and so on.

Author’s note: Before we finish describing FarmHire, take a moment to watch this classic scene from the 1984 movie The Karate Kid, starring Ralph Macchio, Noriyuki “Pat” Morita. It is being broadcast for First Amendment purposes in accordance with the Fair Use Doctrine:

2.) Renovators (expert level job) — Renovators are trained in skills such as installing drywall, roofing, window repairs, and other more complicated tasks. 

 

“FarmHire serves three main purposes:

1.) To create high-paying jobs for Iowans in a manner that brings desperately-needed help to rural Iowans,

2.) To help restore the many beautiful barns around Iowa before it’s too late. After all, Iowa’s old barns and outbuildings have historical value that future generations can learn to appreciate and enjoy. This gives modern Iowans an opportunity to spruce them up, pass them on, and be a part of that story.

3.) Lastly, what farmer doesn’t have a barn full of crap they’d love some extra pairs of hands to help them out with?” 

Sondra Wilson, “The Tranny with the Planny”

 

The five other teams CRC Teams Iowans can apply for:

(coming soon)