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Farm Business Safety Plan Webinar Series

  • Wednesday, June 10, 2020, 7:30 PM - 8:30 PM
  • Thursday, June 11, 2020, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Thursday, June 11, 2020, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Monday, June 15, 2020, 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
  • Wednesday, June 17, 2020, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM

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 11, 2020

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As a reminder, all businesses, even if they have continued to operate during “NY PAUSE” must have a Safety Plan in place! For food-producing farms, these plans do not need to be submitted anywhere, but do need to be in place and available at a moment’s notice in the situation of a call from your county’s health department. NYS has released a base form that is available here, but recently Cornell Cooperative Extension specialists across the state developed farm specific examples that you might be able to pull from. The plan must consider three parts of your farm business: People (family, employees, vendors, visitors), Place (the work environment, shared equipment, and proper sanitization), and Process (mandatory health screenings, contact tracing, and communication). You may also consider incorporating recent guidelines from the Center for Disease Control and Department of Labor along with NYS Ag and Markets. If you have any questions or concerns about preparing this for your operation, please reach out to Katelyn Walley-Stoll, Farm Business Management Specialist. 

 

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