Since late August Cornell Agricultural Workforce Development and Cornell Cooperative Extension have hosted a weekly office hour on Tuesdays for farmers and packers to answer any questions about managing and responding to protect the ...
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Register Now for NY FarmNet Webinars on Farmer Stress and Mental Health – First Session Starts Tonight! A three-part webinar series presented by NY FarmNet will coincide with September’s Suicide Prevention Month and will ...
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Our next session of Safe Harvest 2020 will occur on Tuesday, September 1 at 4:00 PM. Producers can packers can join the event by computer or phone and can ask any COVID-19 related question. ...
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Our next session of Safe Harvest 2020 will occur on Tuesday, September 1 at 4:00 PM. Producers can packers can join the event by computer or phone and can ask any COVID-19 related question. ...
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Many farms are encouraging their employees to speak out at the wage board hearings on August 26, 27 and 31. Cornell’s NWNY Extension team just released a short message in English and Spanish to ...
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The word on the street is that very few farmers have signed up for tonight’s wage board hearing. Yes, it’s a tough time of year for farmers to do this. Yes, the notice was ...
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As part of 2019 New York Farm Laborer Fair Labor Practices Act (FLFLPA), The NYS Commissioner of Labor is convening a Wage Board to hear stakeholder input about the weekly hours threshold at which ...
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Our first office hours to help farmers and packers with COVID-19 questions is tomorrow, August 25 at 4:00 PM. Please sign up here. Panelists on the call will include: Brian Miner, NYS Department of ...
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New York Farm Bureau issued the following news alert on August 21, 2020… NYS Department of Labor Announces Wage Board Virtual Hearings New York Farm Bureau received word today that the Farm Laborer Wage ...
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The following information was released today by the New York Department of Agriculture and Markets… The Departments of Agriculture and Markets, Health, and Labor are partnering with county health departments, Cornell Cooperative Extension, New ...
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