Helpful Agriculture Links

USDA Coronavirus and H-2A Resources page – don’t forget to check USDA loans as well as SBA loans to see which ones you qualify for.

https://www.farmers.gov/

   

Farmers and those whose place of employment closed as a result of COVID-19 are eligible (others, too).

Application for unemployment caused by COVID is supposed to be easier now.

https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/nys-department-labor-launches-new-streamlined-application-new-yorkers-apply-pandemic

Scroll down for a link to the application page and a fact sheet on the program, plus links for the same information in a variety of languages.

   

Surface disinfectants from e-GRO with links to and information from the EPA list

http://e-gro.org/pdf/E507.pdf?utm_source=e-Gro+Edible+Alert+April+16&utm_campaign=156374678&utm_medium=email

***These are for hard, non-porous surfaces. Neither you or your plants are hard, non-porous surfaces so please don’t use these in place of hand sanitizer! (and, yes, people have asked)

   

Options other than Paycheck Protection Loans from the National Association of Landscape Professionals

https://www.landscapeprofessionals.org/lp/Coronavirus/SBA_Financial_Assistance_Programs.aspx

   

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Last updated April 14, 2021