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DESCRIPTION:Steps that produce farm managers and individuals working with f
 ruit and vegetable farms should consider to protect their workforce\, thei
 r business\, and their markets.\n\nThis webinar will be led by Richard Stu
 p\, PhD\, Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development\, Elizabeth Bihn\, Ph
 D\, Director of Produce Safety Alliance at Cornell\, and Anu Rangarajan\, 
 PhD\, Director of the Cornell Small Farms Program. It will cover: why prev
 ention of the coronavirus/COVID-19 is important\, steps that employers sho
 uld take to protect employees\, how to manage cleaning and disinfection in
  the workplace and employee housing\, state and federal sick leave and wor
 kforce reduction policies\, and disaster contingency planning to manage an
 d prevent the spread of COVID-19 on-farm. \n\nRegister here: https://corne
 ll.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_i_YI5CX8QXmEMHO2GLKKiA\n\nNovel coronavirus
  prevention & control for produce farms\n\nRichard Stup\, Cornell Agricult
 ural Workforce Development\, has tips for employers regarding novel corona
 virus prevention and control on farms. \n\n1. Talk with your employees abo
 ut coronavirus\, how it spreads\, and how to prevent getting infected. \n\
 n2. Print the CDC factsheets and posters\, post in your workplace and empl
 oyee housing facilities. \n\n3. Provide guidance to help employees clean a
 nd disinfect employer-provided housing. Follow up with employees and manag
 e the process to be sure that this happens. Set up a regular weekly and da
 ily schedule for cleaning. (CDC guidance for cleaning homes) \n\n4. Clean 
 and disinfect your workplace. The employee breakroom and bathroom are grea
 t places for virus to be transmitted. Clean and disinfect any areas where 
 employees congregate or routinely touch items such as doorknobs and comput
 er keyboards. Set up daily and weekly cleaning schedules. \n\n5. Provide c
 leaning supplies such as cleaning solutions\, buckets\, mops\, brushes\, e
 tc. for cleaning at work and for those living in employer-provided housing
 . (CDC list of approved antimicrobial cleaning products) \n\n6. Review you
 r sick leave policy. The first advice for people who are sick is to stay h
 ome except to get medical care. Do you provide paid sick leave for your em
 ployees? If you do not\, will employees feel financially obligated to come
  to work even if they are sick? \n\n7. Communicate with employees that the
 y should stay home if they are sick. Employees sometimes come to work beli
 eving they will face punishment or firing if they miss work. Be sure your 
 employees understand that their health and that of their co-workers’ com
 es first. Communicate and make a plan to cover for sick employees. CDC pro
 vides posters in English and Spanish covering symptoms of novel coronaviru
 s. \n\n8. Prepare your disaster contingency plan. What will you do if 50 p
 ercent of your employees become sick and unable to work? Are there neighbo
 ring farms who might be able to share resources in an emergency? Who will 
 manage for a few weeks if you or another key manager are unable to leave y
 our house or are hospitalized? Cornell’s Extension Disaster Education Ne
 twork (EDEN) provides community education resources across the entire disa
 ster cycle of preparedness\, response\, and recovery. Penn State also prov
 ides farm disaster preparedness resources.\n\n9. At minimum\, share the gu
 idelines from New York state with your employees and family.
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