Best Agricultural Service Salinas Near Me

4worldlovers: AgSocio is an agricultural labor and service provider operating in California, Arizona, and Colorado. We help our clients comply and compete in the highly regulated and rapidly evolving agricultural labor market.


We are building a more just, safe, professional, efficient and competitive agricultural employment system to benefit farmers, farmworkers, and the broader food industry.


We provide qualified individuals or crews to perform agricultural work at client ranches. We arrive onsite each day equipped and prepared to pursue our work efficiently and professionally. Our crews, drivers, and forepersons are trained, employed, and supervised directly by AgSocio. We invest in technology and training to deliver better compliance, transparency, efficiency, and reporting. We work best on project- or season-length contracts so we can recruit and train a team to get the best results for each client over time.

As a federally-registered and state-licensed farm labor contractor, we maintain permits to recruit, contract, employ, house, and transport agricultural workers in all our areas of operation. We employ both US residents and foreign nationals with temporary work authorization via H-2A guest worker visas. We specialize in crafting custom H-2A programs to help clients fill seasonal agricultural labor needs.


AgSocio partners with clients to design and manage custom guest worker programs to fill seasonal agricultural labor needs. We manage the entire process from program design (how many workers and when) to daily onsite work so farmers can focus on other key aspects of their business. We offer our clients ethical, transparent, and efficient access to the H-2A program.


All H-2A programs are built on seasonal contracts between AgSocio and the client.


Good recruiting is essential for success in the H-2A program. We are committed to direct, responsible recruitment and total transparency regarding contract terms and expectations. We partner with the innovative non-profit CIERTO for support with recruiting, pre-contract training, and logistics.


Licensed Recruiting - AgSocio directly interviews and selects all recruits and we work exclusively with CIERTO to review, process, and transport selected team members. Our agreement with CIERTO is governed by a written contract. CIERTO does not utilize subcontractors and is licensed in the US and Mexico to recruit migrant agricultural workers.

Transparency and Training - Terms and conditions of the job being offered are disclosed to recruits in detail both verbally and in writing in a language the recruit can understand. All recruits participate in a paid, detailed pre-departure training to ensure they understand their rights and responsibilities and are prepared for the challenging and rewarding experience ahead.

‘Employer Pays’ - We do not charge recruitment fees and contractually prohibit our employees and agents from doing so. Recruits are trained at each step of the process that they should never be asked to pay for any part of the recruitment or employment process. In addition, through CIERTO, AgSocio coordinates and pays for all recruiting-related expenses including transportation, government fees, lodging, and meals. This practice reduces risk of exploitation during travel, eliminates frequent unreimbursed expenses, and saves H-2A recruits from having to secure significant cash to finance their own recruitment and transportation expenses.


Ongoing Support – Our H-2A team members receive ongoing support from both CIERTO and AgSocio for the duration of their contract. CIERTO and/or an NGO community partner from the sending community remain independently in touch with AgSocio's H-2A team members during their contract. This additional oversight gives team members a forum to share concerns with trusted individuals that they may not feel comfortable sharing with their employer.

We believe that providing quality housing is critical to season-long productivity and employee loyalty. We manage three fully licensed and strategically located employee housing locations in the Salinas Valley.

AgSocio offers best-in-class employee housing that is beyond compliant with all state and federal requirements for H-2A housing.

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We strive for a standard of excellence in everything we do. In the office and in the fields, we go above and beyond to ensure we uphold our reputation of high quality labor and farming.


We strive for integrity in the way we do business, making our decisions based on what is right and good—not just for the company’s leadership, but for all of its employees, business partners, and the community. We choose to partner with organizations that we can trust to do the same.

We strive to have a culture of compassion. Being a family business, we pride ourselves in treating everybody as family—from our newest hire to people who have been with us from the beginning. We truly value our employees, and will always do our part to ensure a safe, healthy, respectful work environment.

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