Online hub gives farmers tools to prepare for crises like extreme weather, disease outbreaks
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The Canadian Agricultural Safety Association’s Emergency Preparedness Hub includes resources on how to plan for natural disasters and extreme weather. Photo: David Lipnowski/The Canadian Press via ZUMA Press
Farmers have a new resource to plan for emergencies like extreme weather and disease outbreaks.
“Emergency preparedness on farms isn’t an option — it’s essential,” said CASA executive director Sandra Miller in a news release on Wednesday.
Canadian Agricultural Safety Association (CASA) has launched a new online Emergency Preparedness Hub, which collects information and resources in one place to help farmers prepare for crises. It contains tools developed by CASA and other organizations and links to province and sector-specific resources.
Tools cover preparedness across the four listed sectors: cattle, pork, poultry and sheep. They cover issues like natural disasters, extreme weather, biosecurity and outbreak managementand how to deal with protests and trespassers on the farm.
Sector-specific information is provided by partnered organizations Canadian Cattle Association, Ontario Pork, Poultry Industry Council and Ontario Sheep Farmers.
Links to emergency plans from federal, provincial and territorial government websites contain information on emergency preparedness in different jurisdictions.
The launch of the Emergency Preparedness Hub coincides with CASA’s Canadian Agricultural Safety Week, March 15-21.
The Emergency Preparedness Hub is now available online.
