COVID-19 Viticulture Update 05/15/2020

— Written by Mark Hoffmann | May 15, 2020 (Updated: May 18, 2023, 6:46 a.m.)

COVID-19 Viticulture Update 05/15/2020

News today:

Viticulture:

V-Credit Webinar organized by the NC Winegrowers Assoc.

Monday, June 1, 2020; 10 a.m.–noon

It is a mandatory 2-hour training course.
You will need your Webcam on the entire time.
Pre-Registration Required To Be Invited to the Zoom Meeting

Follow the Link Below to submit your

email address,
Full Name,
License Number
If you have already signed up there is no need to again.

Agenda

10 a.m.–noon (Mandatory 2 hour-2 hour V training consists of 1 hour N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and 1 hour Extension) Pesticide V Training-Travis Snodgrass/ NCDA&CS Structural Pest Control & Pesticides Division & Eli Snyder, Extension Agent in Wilkes County

HOSTED BY: DR. MARK HOFFMAN/NC State University

To register:

please send an email to PesticideVTraining@gmail.com
Subject line: Pesticide V Training Registration
Text body: 1. Full Name; 2. Email Address; 3. License Number

In the Winery: Re’Wine’ing the clock

Webinar: Monday, May 18 from noon–1:30 p.m., "Re"wine"ing the Clock in a Post-COVID World: Ensuring personal safety & production efficiency as winery operations resume”. The event is free and open to all - register online.

Financial Resources:

The Small Business Association application portal for the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) opened again, for farms only. See this fact sheet about the EIDL program.
Grants for Urban Ag and Innovative Production. Read about the grant, how to apply, and eligibility.
DHHS Updates Resources for Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT) Program.

Social Media for Farmers Webinar Series

- May 19 - Using your Smartphone to Create Video
- May 21 - Canva, PicMonkey, and Photo Tips

Farm Safety: Responding to a COVID-19 outbreak on a farm:

NC State Resources on farm response to COVID-19 outbreaks
Webinar May 19, 11:30 a.m.–1 p.m.: Responding to a COVID-19 Outbreak on the Farm

Presented by:

NC Farmworker Health Program – Office of Rural Health, NC Department of Health & Human Services (DHHS)
Division of Public Health, Communicable Disease Branch- NC DHHS
Agricultural Safety & Health Bureau – NC Department of Labor
NC Community Health Center Association
NC Agromedicine Institute

Others are welcome to join. First priority for questions will be given to growers. Unable to attend? Webinar will be recorded and posted/distributed afterwards. Email Robin Tutor Marcom tutorr@ecu.edu to receive the link and share questions you’d like to have answered.