COVID-19

Wed, Apr 8, 2020 1:00 PM - 2:00 PM EDT EVENT ORGANIZED BY University of Minnesota Covid-19 has brought unprecedented changes to our lives. Amidst it, all, farms and families have to keep functioning. Are you working from home? Are you helping your kids learn from a distance? Are you trying to farm or ranch [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY Wallace Center Wednesday, April 8th at 4pm EST  As organizations across the country mobilize to address the unprecedented financial hardships that farm and food businesses are faced with due to Coronavirus, many are wondering if and how the $360 billion in forgivable loan programs authorized under the  Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act can help. The Payroll Protection Program and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program are [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY The Office of the Governor Please join the Office of the Governor for our second COVID-19 Latinx conference call. The call will be facilitated by The Office of Public Engagement and VolunteerNC. The theme for this week’s call will be focused on K-12 education during COVID-19 to give you resources and current [...]

Finding Farm Workers & Finding Farms to Work On with NC FarmLink EVENT ORGANIZED BY NC FarmLink Thu, April 9, 2020 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM EDT Register here. About this Event COVID19 is placing new and unforeseen challenges on farm labor - getting employees as well as keeping them safe. NC FarmLink's mission is [...]

How to Create a Free Online Store for Your Farm EVENT ORGANIZED BY Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension The Chatham County Center of North Carolina Cooperative Extension will offer a Webinar on How to Create a Free On-line Store for Your Farm. Agriculture Extension Agent Debbie Roos will walk participants step-by-step through the [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY NC State University Human Resources in collaboration with the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS) Thursday,  April 16 | 12-1 P.M. | via Zoom With the COVID-19 pandemic continuing to impact all of our daily lives, it is more important than ever that we take the time to care for ourselves [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY CDFA   The CDFA Food Systems Finance Webinar Series is a free, exclusive online series connecting businesses and projects within the food system to development finance tools, such as bonds, tax increment finance, tax credits, revolving loan funds, and more, to create equitable local and regional food systems. This series will showcase [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY EmbraceRace Apr 16, 2020 08:30 PM in Eastern Time To register to the webinar click here Even as COVID-19 leaves its mark across the length and breadth of the United States, we know that some communities are being hit harder than others. The overrepresentation of Black and Brown people among COVID victims [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY NC Agromedicine Institute, NCDOL – Ag Safety & Health Program, and NCDHHS – Farmworker Health Program Please join the NC Agromedicine Institute, NCDOL – Ag Safety & Health Program, and NCDHHS – Farmworker Health Program for an important webinar addressing health and safety issues for farmers and their workers during the COVID-19 [...]

EVENT ORGANIZED BY the Alliance to End Hunger Tue, Apr 21, 2020 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT Register Here This webinar will be an opportunity for you, your colleagues, and staff from partner organizations to hear how COVID-19 impacts each community of color and how the responses so far have not centered the needs [...]