Rutgers Cooperative Extension
NJ Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher has requested the following message be shared with the farm community.
To assist farm operators in the provision of COVID-19 education, the NJ Department of Health has created a set of prevention messages that can be used as signage to be hung in common areas on farms. [Read more…]
My apologies for not including our nursery growers that may also be impacted by this guidance when originally posted last week.
NJ Dept of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher just announced, “At 3:30 today, we just received final approval to release the attached official guidance on migrant seasonal farmworker housing.”
The New Jersey Department of Health is partnering with its sister agencies New Jersey Department of Agriculture and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to assist agricultural businesses and farm workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please review the attached document carefully. This is titled INTERIM CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) GUIDANCE FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS, THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND HOUSING PROVIDERS.
Adopt these recommendations carefully for the protection of not only your workforce, but for you, your family and the entire ag community.
NJ Dept of Agriculture Secretary Douglas Fisher just announced, “At 3:30 today, we just received final approval to release the attached official guidance on migrant seasonal farmworker housing.”
The New Jersey Department of Health is partnering with its sister agencies New Jersey Department of Agriculture and New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development to assist agricultural businesses and farm workers during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Please review the attached document carefully. This is titled INTERIM CORONAVIRUS DISEASE 2019 (COVID-19) GUIDANCE FOR MIGRANT AND SEASONAL FARMWORKERS, THEIR EMPLOYERS, AND HOUSING PROVIDERS.
Adopt these recommendations carefully for the protection of not only your workforce, but for you, your family and the entire ag community.
PPE suppliers have been backlogged with orders for N95 facemasks, hand sanitizers, disinfectants and disposable gloves. Sourcing supplies for your essential agricultural workers may be a challenge. NJ Farm Bureau, with assistance of staff from Congressman Van Drew’s office, have been compiling lists of local and regional businesses that are able to supply PPE equipment (see table below).
Vendor Dave McDonough at General Chemical and Supply in Moorestown, strongly recommends farmers should “act fast”! Expect that as other businesses resume operations (i.e. reopen), demand will spike and cause delays. With this in mind, Pete Furey, NJ Farm Bureau Executive Director, suggests farmers should not sit on their hands and order at least a month’s supply of what is needed from where ever they regularly purchase PPE supplies.
Recognizing the rapid tightening of PPE supplies, the Fruit and Vegetable Assoc (FFVA) participated in a working group with the Dept of Homeland Security, FEMA and the FEMA Supply Chain Stabilization Task Force to prioritize and elevate the needs of the agricultural/food sector to gain access to additional personal protection equipment, as well as disinfectants and sanitation supplies, to protect the health and safety of employees within the ag sector. Attached is a spreadsheet shared by the FFVA listing additional sources of PPE and sanitation/disinfectant supplies.
Sources of PPE Equipment & Supplies
| Company | Products | Contact | Address | Phone | |
| General Chemical & Supply | masks | David McDonough |
858 North Lenola Road, Unit 1A Moorestown NJ 08057 |
856 778 5550 | DMcDonough@GCSNJ.US
For ordering: Shannon@GCSNJ.US |
| Valken Sports | masks | Rob Pierce | 856-207-2983 | ||
| LD innovations | masks | David Reynolds | 856-287-1602 | Dir0614@gmail.com | |
| Evolution – St. Louis | hazmat suits, masks, gowns, hand sanitizer & wipes | John Elmuccio | 908-868-8284 | jelmuccio@evolutionstl.com | |
| Care and Wear | masks, gloves, goggles, gowns | Chaitenya Razdan | 800-410-5505 (office)
509-356-9128 (fax) |
crazdan@careandwear.com | |
| Gempler’s | masks, gloves, goggles, gowns | 800-382-8473 | gemplers.com |
