**COVID-19 Resources**
State of Colorado Public Health & Executive Orders (check frequently for updates)
Farm Business Sustainability Amid Coronavirus Outbreak (pdf), includes sections on best practices for:
- Managing Farm Workers
- Managing Packaging, Tools, Equipment and Facilities
- Food Handling and Customer Interactions
- General Hygiene and Farm Practices
COVID-19 Best Practices Webinars:
- Worker Health and Hygiene (video, slides)
- Cleaning, Sanitation and Disinfection (video, slides)
- Points of Sale (video, slides)
Packinghouse/Facility Sanitation and Management:
Employer Guidance and Resources:
- Vaccination information for farm workers (Equitable Food Initiative; English & Spanish)
- Employee Health and Food Safety Checklist (FDA)
- Use of Respirators, Facemasks, and Cloth Face Coverings in the Food and Agriculture Sector During Coronavirus Disease (FDA)
- What to do if you have a worker confirmed COVID-positive, or exposed (FDA)
- New guidance for ag workers and employers (CDC and Dept of Labor)
- Guidance for Fruit and Vegetable Operations: Considerations to Protect Seasonal Workers Supporting Fruit and Vegetable Operations during Harvesting and Processing and in Shared/Communal Housing (United Fresh)
- COVID-19 response plan template for fruit and vegetable farms (Univ of Minnesota)
- Manager’s checklist for an agricultural worksite (English, Spanish)
- Employer guidance for migrant worker health and housing (from North Carolina but very useful)
- Using gloves (in b&w)
- Using masks/face coverings
- What if your employee tests positive for COVID-19?
- Worker health and hygiene training during COVID-19 (videos and signs)
- Guidance on employees returning to work (CDC)
- Legal information from Western Growers Association
- Navigating COVID-19 Relief
- Preparing for Supply Chain Disruptions
- COVID-19 Supply Chain Resources
- Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP: $19 billion immediate relief program will provide critical direct support to U.S. farmers and ranchers)
Produce Safety at Points of Sale and Distribution:
- Managing Risk in Direct Market Channels
- Farmers Markets, CSAs, U-Pick Farms and Community Gardens
- Food Bank Information
Communications
- COVID-19 factsheets in 35 languages (Harvard Univ)
- Information on consumer messaging during Coronavirus (online article)
- Advise customers to follow FDA’s Recommendations for Selecting and Serving Produce Safely (English, Spanish)
- Is Coronavirus a food safety issue? (pdf)
- Signage for customers
- Fresh Produce FAQs
- What Consumers Can Do (handling fresh produce, color, black & white)
- Physical distancing for everyone (color, black & white)
- Physical distancing for customers (color, black & white)
- Downloadable videos, various topics (CDC)
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