Top Producer Summit: Men, Women and Babies: Work Won’t be the Same.

Masculinity, automation, education and fertility joining forces may seem like a reach, but all are playing a role in defining the future of work. Could it even reach the farm? (HInt: it already has.)

By Top Producer Magazine

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March 31, 2022 02:58 PM

Sometimes separate forces align to change our lives unexpectedly. Masculinity, automation, education and fertility joining forces may seem like a reach, but all are playing a role in defining the future of work. Could it even reach the farm? (HInt: it already has.)

Speaker: John Phipps, Phipps Farms

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