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Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class
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Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and faith…
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Free Mental Health First Aid Training Class
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Just as CPR prepares you to help someone having a heart attack, Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to assist someone experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or crisis. This FREE, full-day training is designed for farmers, agribusiness workers, and anyone who lives in or serves rural communities— including civic and…
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In the News: COVID-19 Reveals Slaughterhouse Shortages
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Finding a slaughterhouse to process meat has been a challenge for small farmers for years. Federally inspected slaughterhouses are few and far between, and in many parts of the country, it takes driving long distances — often multiple hours, both ways — to reach one. This shortage is often attributed to the consolidation of processing…
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Cornell AgriTech Center Helps Business Adapt to COVID-19
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While many businesses in the New York state food industry have been physically closed since mid-March due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the demand for their products has not stopped. Cornell AgriTech’s Center of Excellence for Food and Agriculture (COE) has been helping food and ag businesses adapt to the COVID-19 economy with new marketing strategies and by…
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A Community Wide Call to Veterans
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As you reflect on your community and your role in that community, think of how you can best serve during this time of pandemic crisis. Army veterans are considered ‘Soldiers for Life’, and we have been charged with the mission to ‘Tell the Army Story’. No matter your branch of service, Army, Navy, Air…
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Identifying Risk is the First Step to Managing It
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Not only is risk unavoidable in agriculture, but managing it well is an essential function of any farm operation. Most of us live in a culture that values comfort and control. Modern technologies give us the ability to meet our basic needs and modify our environments from the convenience of our living rooms. We…
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Building Farm Resilience in this Crisis
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Update 3/24/20: We have launched a curated resource page to support the farming community through this challenging time. Offering ideas on how we can take care of ourselves, our farms, and our local communities. Never before has our work as farmers and stewards been so important. In times like these — when uncertainty upsets the…
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