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COVID-19 Agriculture Resources

Resources and Recommendations for Our Agricultural Community

Employment and Agriculture Workforce Questions

Primary recommendations for farmers and their labor forces:

  • Increase cleaning of common areas.
  • Increase social distancing through alternative scheduling or modified tasks to keep employees 6 ft from one another.
  • Communicate and encourage employees to be transparent about their own health and to stay home if feeling ill.
  • Limit or decrease significantly on farm meetings of 5 or more individuals as well as meetings outside consultants unless absolutely essential.

The following links provide recommended resources and best practices for the farming community.

Contact

Michael Nuckols
Local Foods & Horticulture Program Manager
msn62@cornell.edu
315-788-8450 ext. 227

Last updated February 23, 2021

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Covid 19 Print Resources

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Covid 19 and Your Dairy

Covid 19 and Your Dairy

COVID-19 Response

Need information? View the following Cornell CALS and CCE resources.
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Cornell CALS Institute for Food Safety Resources

Have a question regarding what to do if an employee tests positive, or need guidance on how to improve sanitation procedures? There’s a new resource from Cornell CALS, a “Standard Operating Procedure” that food processors and also farmers can utilize to design a plan in advance of an employee testing positive. Have the information that you need and the steps to take already prepared before a positive employee test. The first link is a risk management strategy checklist, designed more for food processors but also adaptable to farms. The second link is the Standard Operating Procedure which will be helpful to have completed in advance. As always, the Cornell Institute for Food Safety coronavirus resource page has an FAQ page, information on audits and cleaning protocols, and other resources.

Start Your Farm's Safety Plan Today

Learn more at http://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/ny-forward-business-safety-plan/.