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Covid-19 in the workplace
As an employer, when you become aware of a confirmed case of COVID-19 at your workplace, you must respond quickly to limit further exposure and contain potential outbreaks.
If there is a confirmed case of COVID-19 at your workplace, there are a number of steps you must take immediately, then further steps must be addressed within 48 hours.
Breakfast with Fed Replay
At last weeks Breakfast with Fed talk, ‘Food Sustainability for the Future’, Federation University launched their new Bachelor of Sustainable Food Systems and some enlightening discussion on the future of food and drink was held over breakfast.
If you missed joining online, there’s a replay !
Agriculture Resilience and Recovery Program
The Victorian Government is fast-tracking the road to recovery for agriculture and food supply chain businesses in rural and regional Victoria.
The new program provides grants of between $10,000 and $300,000 to support on-farm infrastructure, business upgrades and new facilities to enable businesses to adapt their operations to COVIDSafe settings.
Support for Small Scale and Craft Producers
To support the region’s businesses eligible for Stream Three of the Small Scale and Craft program, Food & Fibre Gippsland is collaborating with Destination Gippsland to offer help in gathering information and reviewing grant applications before submitting, workshopping ideas with businesses and providing letters of support where appropriate.