COVID-19 Daily Update Viticulture 04/07/2020

News today:

Wineries:

• SBA Online EIDL Application
• ABC Regulatory Relief in additional categories
• Restaurant Workers Relief Fund helps restaurant workers
• NC Wine Guys: Comprehensive Database for NC Wineries!! Please enter your information

On the farm:

• NC FarmLink is connecting farms with farmworkers. Webinar on Thursday, April 9, from 6-7:30 p.m. Please register here.
• The NCSU Extension Food Safety team has more resources on safe grocery shopping practices
• FAQ for H2-A Employers

Government:

• CARES Act discussion with Congressman Buddy Carter (video)
• Sunny Purdue’s message to Famers, Growers and Producers (video)
• Agriculture assistance hotline (NCDA & CS): 1-866-747-9823

Worker and Food Safety: 

• PPE Guidance for Farms (English and Spanish)
• The FDA has a new page entitled “Food Safety and the Coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19).”
• Emergency guidelines to keep social distance in food manufacturing facilities

Webinars:

• Farmworkers and Coronavirus: What you should know, and what you can do now: Video: Cornell Farmworkers Program (from 4/7/2020). 
• Register now for a free webinar on creating a free online store for your farm. Apr 9, 7-9 p.m.
• WEBINAR: An Overview of the CARES Act with the National Restaurant Association Public Affairs Team (recorded 3/27)

Daily COVID-19 Update as of 4/7/2020:

• North Carolina (10:15 a.m.): 3,221 positive/ 46 people dead
• USA: (7:11 p.m.): 396,223 positive/12,844 people dead
• World (7:11 p.m.): 1,426,096 positive/ 81,865 people dead

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Other Helpful Resources:

COVID-19: Farming Resources, NC State Extension

Food Safety, NC State Extension

COVID-19 Resources and Information, NC State Extension

NCDA&CS COVID-19 Resources and important Documents

NC Muscadine Grower Association COVID-19 Resource Page

NC Wine Database for NC Wineries. Please enter your information

NY Wine Grape Growers Association COVID-19 Resources

This post was created by Emma Volk (evolk@ncsu.edu) and Mark Hoffmann