NY Forward Safety plan help and webinars 6.9.20

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You had a day without masses of emails from me, so I am making up for it today.

 

The Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development program is sponsoring webinars on developing safety plans for compliance with the NY Forward program requirements. TONS of information on their website – http://agworkforce.cals.cornell.edu/ny-forward-business-safety-plan/

 

There are templates and examples to follow, some considerations you might think about in your plan, and references.

 

Remember, these safety plans are MANDATORY! (is that loud enough?) – no matter what kind of farm you have, no matter if all your employees are family, no matter if you have been open all this time.

 

Farmers Markets must also have safety plans (in addition to all the farmers having safety plans) and there is a template at the Farmers Market Federation of NY page (something new I learned about) – http://www.nyfarmersmarket.com/farmers-market-reopening-safety-plan-template/

 

The 3 webinars that may relate to you, my list serv peeps, are:

 

Click those links to register.  I asked about whether a retail greenhouse operation should attend the greenhouse version or the retail version and was told ‘both’.  They will cover some different information and you can ask questions.

Do the best you can and I will help.  Also, many CCE educators attended the training webinar so you can also call on them.

 

I attended the training session today and it was enough to convince me of the need for these plans.  While they may be tedious, they are designed to provide protection from liability – both financial and reputation – for your business.

 

The plans can be requested by anyone – not just state employees but also your employees and visitors/customers – so you must have it available at your operation.

 

NY Forward guidance for Agriculture, including non-food agriculture is at https://forward.ny.gov/phase-one-industries

(Click on  Agriculture on the side bar on the left)

 

I’ll be on both the retail and greenhouse webinars (at least in the background) to help capture useful information for you.  And I’ll probably keep asking if you have done your safety plans!

 

Have a lovely day!