The executive order on climate change: agriculture is a big player, but what does this mean for your farm?
On January 27th, the Biden Administration issued Executive Order 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad. Part I starts out, United States international engagement to address climate change — which has become a climate crisis — is more necessary and urgent than ever. The scientific community has made clear that the scale and […]
Can you require workers on your farm to be vaccinated? Sure, but is it a good idea?
If you are a farm business owner, you may very well be wondering whether you should encourage vaccination of your workers, or even if it’s legal to require it as a condition of the job. In December 2020, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission issued updated guidance on this very matter (see Section K. Vaccines), and […]