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 E-Mail ITHACA, N.Y. - As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state's farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). The funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) will help the program continue to reach more than 3,000 New York farmworkers with critical health and legal information. The three-y...

As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state’s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE).

May 26, 2021 As COVID-19 bore down on New York state, the Cornell Farmworker Program used mobile phone technology to provide rapid guidance and clear health information in multiple languages to the state’s farmworkers. Now, new federal funding will expand the program and further integrate the initiative with Cornell Cooperative Extension (CCE). The funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture (USDA-NIFA) will help the program continue to reach more than 3,000 New York farmworkers with critical health and legal information. The three-year, $9...

11:14 New York state has announced a targeted effort to vaccinate farmworkers and employees of food production facilities against COVID-19. The state says it will work with local health departments and Federally Qualified Health Centers to bring pop-up vaccination sites to work locations. WAMC's Jim Levulis spoke with Mary Jo Dudley, director of the Cornell Farmworker Program, about the effort. Dudley: At the beginning of February, the Biden administration set aside 11 million additional vaccines for farmworkers, homeless people, populations with limited English and those living in public hou...

WARSAW — A series of upcoming vaccination clinics in Wyoming County is aimed at farmers, farm workers, ag support businesses, employees and their families. The clinics are scheduled for April 22 and 29. It’s an effort by the county Health Department, the Cornell Cooperative Extension, the Farm Bureau and the Cornell Farmworker Program. The agencies are reaching out to the agricultural community to participate. Times and locations were not specified. Contact the Cornell Cooperative Extension at wyomingcountycce@cornell.edu or (585) 786-2251 for more information. As an Amazon Associat...