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Featured Resources

The Cornell Farmworker Program (CFP) is dedicated to improving the living and working conditions of farmworkers and their families
NYS Agricultural Mediation Program A tool for farmers and others in the agricultural community to communicate, negotiate, and to find fair workable solutions.
Guide to Farming In NYS: What Every Ag Entrepreneur Needs to Know – an essential resource for with answers about taxes, business planning, labor law, zoning, regulations, marketing, and more.
New York Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAMH) provides research, education and prevention activities, and clinical help for farm-related health problems.
Newsletters
Other Resources
Harvesting Change Workbook: A Planning Workbook for Apple Growers (2003)(NYFarm.net)

Newsletters

Labor Management

Agricultural Labor Management (Univ. of CA)
Agricultural Labor Management (Univ. of VT)
(H-2A) Temporary Agricultural Workers (US Department of Labor)
(H-2A) Temporary Agricultural Workers (US Citizenship & Immigration Service)
(H-2B) Temporary Non-Agricultural Workers (US Citizenship & Immigration Service)
Labor & Record-Keeping Forms
Survey of NY Fruit & Vegetable Farm Employees 2009
New York Economic Handbook 2013 (3.77 mb pdf )

Worker Training & Safety

Worker Protection Standard (US EPA)
NY Center for Agricultural Medicine and Health (NYCAHM)
National Agricultural Safety Database
National Education Center for Agricultural Safety (NECAS)
National Institute of Occupational Health and Safety (NIOSH)
Rollover Protective Structures Save Lives (2011, NYCAMH)
NY Rollover Protective Structure Retrofit Program (ROPS)
A Hazardous Waste Guide for Farmers (2009, DEC)
Reducing Repetitive Stress Injuries Related to Orchard Pruning (2008, NYCAMH)
The Platform Factor – Labor Positioning Machines Producing Good Results (2010 NYFQ v. 18-2, 1.13 mb pdf)
Watch Out for Wild Parsnip (2006, NYCAMH)
The Dangers of Giant Hogweed (2005, NYCAMH)
Giant Hogweed – Poisonous Invader of the Northeast (2009, Sea Grant NY)
Giant Hogweed (NYDEC)
How Do I Know If Farm Noise Is Too Loud? (2006, NYCAMH)
Reducing Take-Home Pesticide Exposures (2008, NYCAMH)

Disaster Preparedness

ReadyAG: Disaster and Defense Preparedness for Production Agriculture
New York EDEN (Extension disaster education network)

Business, Marketing & Labor Archives

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