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Downloadable Pamphlets on Health Guidance for Agricultural Workers during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Pamphlets in English and Spanish communicate best practices and health services for agricultural employee protection from COVID-19.

This new resource for distribution to agricultural employees addresses Key Point #6 of the CDC Guidance for ag employees and employers:

  • "Basic information and training about infection prevention should be provided to all farmworkers in languages they can understand."

The pamphlet can be used in combination with the downloadable poster in English:

Downloadable Posters on Practices and Services to Protect Agricultural Workers from COVID-19

Publication produced by the Cornell Farmworker Program and adapted for use in Pennsylvania by Penn State Extension and Keystone Health as part of a Penn State Extension multi-state impact collaboration.

Extension Educator, Horticulture
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  • Latino Community Outreach
  • Beginning Farmer
  • Conservation Practice
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