Webinars Offered in English and Spanish About COVID-19 Vaccines The Cornell Farmworker Program and the Finger Lakes Community Health Clinic are co-sponsoring two free webinars (one in English and another in Spanish) with Dr. ...
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by Margaret Quaassdorff As a manager and team leader on your dairy, your words and actions have the potential to influence employee attitudes about the COVID-19 vaccine. Please see the recent post on the ...
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The Cornell Farmworker Program and Finger Lakes Community Health recently co-sponsored two free webinars (one in English and another in Spanish) with Dr. José Canario, and Ellen Hey, NP, from the Finger Lakes Community ...
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Updates to the PPP Loan Program make forgivable loans available to small farms with little or no hired labor expense – act fast to meet the March 31, 2021 application deadline! By Mary Kate ...
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By Joan Sinclair Petzen With the new year, some of the early Federal requirements of employers with respect to COVID-19 have changed and some new guidance has been issued by NYS. Essential agricultural workers ...
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by Nancy Glazier Most of us are looking forward to the end of 2020. It was a year full of anxiety and uncertainty. What stayed constant was the need to complete your regular farm ...
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By Joan Sinclair Petzen and Libby Eiholzer At this writing in Mid-December 2020, community spread of COVID-19 is gaining momentum in rural areas of New York. As employers, farmers have certain responsibilities when one of ...
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by Joan Sinclair Petzen Since the onset of the Coronavirus Pandemic several months ago, protecting ourselves, our families, our employees, and businesses has become critical. People are using many substances to clean, sanitize, disinfect, ...
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The following message is from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC): On April 7, 2020 the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (the Department) issued a letter announcing the Department ...
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Offered by the Ag Workforce Development Council It was just a year ago that farmers were learning about the new labor laws at the Labor Roadshow III. Yet so much has changed since then! ...
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