Reiter Affiliated Companies [inactive]

Organization Description

Reiter Affiliated Companies (RAC) is proud to be the largest fresh, multi-berry producer in the world and the leading supplier of fresh strawberries, raspberries, blueberries and blackberries in all of North America.

The culture of RAC is defined by our core values of Honesty, Fairness and Respect, inherited from the family values of Mr. Joseph “Ed” Reiter, one of the founding Reiter family members, more than a century ago. These core values are integral to RAC’s identity and serve as our compass, guiding our decision making and direction.

RAC’s Sembrando Salud Program strives to improve health outcomes among the farm worker population by creating healthy ranch communities through an obesity and diabetes prevention and management pilot program in the US and Mexico, with the potential to be replicated in other farm worker communities. The vision of Sembrando Salud is to empower farmworkers and their families to make educated choices that lead to improved health and happiness through educating and engaging employers to be a catalyst towards a healthier and more productive agricultural community. We believe that Sembrando Salud can be an important vehicle to create a healthy and happy workforce that will result in greater individual success, the success of the farming operation and the overall success of the company. It is our intention to offer a sustainable program that will be embraced by the diverse agricultural employer community throughout California with a common vision and goal to improve the health of those who harvest our crops and therefore create the value in our business.

Health & Safety

SUPERVISION

  • Students will check in at the front desk
  • Students may work at other site locations within the RAC's network including the corporate office, ranches, and/or community centers. 
  • Students may work after 6:00pm with this site, always with supervision. 

LEARNING SITE LOCATION 

  • Students should excercise caution when while at RAC ranches and other program related sites. Appropriate sun and heat protection, neutral clothing and no body scents (perfume/cologne) are required. Students allergic to bees should also be aware of this hazard and should carry epinephrine autoinjector (EpiPen).
Additional requirements and/or considerations
  • Pre-Placement Training
Address 
730 S. A Street
Oxnard, CA 93030
United States
Student Contact 
Name
Mari Escamilla
Job Title
Communications and Community Engagement Manager
Phone
Email

Current Opportunities

Title Program Start Date Location Type
Service-Learning Opportunities Service Learning, Curricular Cmty Eng Lrng Ongoing Hybrid (combination of on-site and remote)
Program(s) 
Service Learning
Curricular Cmty Eng Lrng
Organization type 
Agriculture or Manufacturing (Private/For-profit)
Focus Population(s)
Adults
Focus Area(s)
Health & Medicine
Additional Focus Area(s)
Family Planning Services, Wellness Education Programs
Hours of operation 

By appointment only.

Additional site tags 
farmworkers, Agriculture, Wellness, health, health literacy, health education, chronic disease prevention