Printable Version ASH CoP eNote April 2020 Part B (1)
April 2020—Edition 2
Ag Safety & Health
Community of Practice (CoP) eNews
FReSH: http://www.extension.org/agsafety
Questions or comments? Email Linda Fetzer at lmf8@psu.edu.
Thank you to the CHS Foundation for their support of eXtension.
Ag Safety and Health eXtension CoP new web address: https://ag-safety.extension.org/. Please bookmark the new site.
National COVID-19 Resources
Migrant Clinician Network: Farmworkers and COVID-19—Webinars and Resources
National Center for Farm Worker Health
University of Wisconsin—COVID 19
National Farm Medicine Center—Coronavirus Disease 2019 Pandemic
U.S. Department of Agriculture—Coronavirus Disease
Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America (ASHCA)
For state specific information, visit the websites for your state’s department of agriculture and health.
Ag Center Next Steps:
1. Development of information on alternatives to N95 respirators for farmers.
2. Information on cleaning half-face respirators to reduce risks of COVID.
3. Addressing issues of fit-testing
4. Farmworker housing—How to reduce the spread of COVID
On-Line Ag Safety and Health Resources
There are several online resources which you can use or provide to agricultural producers or educators.
Progressive Ag Foundation—PAF is offering Daily Learning Drops via Facebook and available on YouTube.
Extension Disaster Education Network (EDEN) – Hub of Extension resource related to COVID-19.
Safety Made Simple—Short animated videos on COVID-19 prevention for workplaces.
PA Office of Rural Health—Attached are 2 PDFs of information distributed to the Anabaptist community.
Upper Midwest Agricultural Safety and Health Center—Agricultural Education Teachers Resources
Thank you to the CHS Foundation for their support of eXtension.
FReSH: http://www.extension.org/agsafety
Questions or comments? Email Linda Fetzer at lmf8@psu.edu.
Printable Version ASH CoP eNote April 2020 Part B (1)
