Agriculture during COVID-19

Food Safety & Agriculture Guidelines

To keep the agriculture industry informed on the rapidly evolving COVID-19 situation, we have listed some links below to help connect you with industry-relevant resources about food safety, animals, mental health, and more.

• USDA Agriculture Resources for Coronavirus (COVID-19)
• Coronavirus and Food Safety
• Guidance - Executive Order
• Guidance for Horticulture Industry
• Equine Operations during COVID-19
• Managing Financial Stress on the Farm in Uncertain Times
• Managing Stress in Unprecedented Times

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Business Safety Plans Required For All Farms

Cornell Cooperative Extension Webinar Series 
on developing safety plans for compliance and to reduce liability risk

New York State requires businesses to have a specific business safety plan in place during the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes all farms, both food and non-food producing. In addition, a well-written and executed business safety plan will help reduce business liability risk during and after the pandemic. A Cornell Task Force recently developed materials to directly support farms in the plan writing process.

Cornell Cooperative Extension and Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development are offering a “NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support” webinar series with specialized webinars for Dairy/Livestock/Crop Farms, Fruit/Vegetable Farms, Retail Farms, Equine Farms and Greenhouse/Landscaping/Ornamental Farms.

The webinars, led by Extension specialists, will:

• Walk farmers through the need for and process to complete a safety plan as is required by all businesses for compliance with NY Forward
• Demonstrate project tools developed by Extension to write and complete a plan
• Share curated resources for specific industries

WEBINAR DATES

NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support for (Dairy/Livestock/Crop) Farms :

7:30 – 8:30 PM | June 10

NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support for (Fruit/Vegetable) Farms :

12:00 – 1:00 PM | June 11

NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support for (Retail) Farms :

7:00 – 8:00 PM | June 11

NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support for (Greenhouse/Landscaping/Ornamental) Farms : 7:00 – 8:00 PM | June 15

NY Forward Business Safety Plan Support for (Equine) Farms :

7:00 – 9:00 PM | June 17

The webinars are free and pre-registration is required. Recording links will be posted on the Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development NY Forward Business Safety Plans page.

Last updated June 18, 2020