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Farm Technology Days Postponed to 2021
Dear Farm Technology Exhibitors: We hope this finds you, your colleagues and your families healthy and weathering the situation caused by Covid-19 well. While the health situation in July is impossible to know now, the Executive Committee of WFTD 2020 has decided to postpone this…
2020 Food Safety Open Forum Seminar Presentations Available
On March 24th, WPVGA offered a series of presentations available via video conference as part of the 2020 Food Safety program. While viewing these presentations is not required for any food safety certificate or audit, they do provide information about various topics occurring throughout the…
Wisconsin Eats Online Restaurant Listing
To help share information with the public on restaurant operations and offerings during these unprecedented times, WRA created an online restaurant services listing. Information includes restaurants open for delivery, curbside, drive-through or carry out. There’s also a listing of restaurants who are temporarily closed. If…
Wisconsin Grocers Association Updates
The Wisconsin Grocers Association is issuing frequent periodic newsletters with the most up-to-date information as it relates to Covid-19. WGA April 13, 2020 Newsletter WGA Past Newsletters & Alerts
Employment Issues and the Coronavirus: WPVGA Offers Webinar for Members on Tuesday, April 14 at 10:00 a.m.
Employment Issues and the Coronavirus: An Overview of the FFCRA, the CARES Act, and Practical Workplace Recommendations For Farms. Every day seems to bring a new and challenging employment issue, law, or set of circumstances during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This presentation will sort through…
2020 Walk Wisconsin Event Cancelled
Please see the following message from Sara Brish, Executive Director of the Stevens Point Area Convention and Visitors Bureau regarding this year’s event. With a heavy heart, I am writing to inform you of our decision to cancel Walk Wisconsin 2020, which was scheduled for…
Farmers’ Guide to COVID-19 Relief
April 15, 2020 Announcing the Farmers’ Guide to COVID-19 Relief. Several of the programs discussed in this Guide are the product of the CARES Act—technically known as the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act. The CARES Act became law on March 27, 2020. This…
Statewide Election Back on After Wisconsin, U.S. Supreme Courts Take Action
Amid a public health crisis, Wisconsin’s spring election will take place Tuesday after the state Supreme Court on Monday struck down Gov. Tony Evers’ executive order postponing the election and the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that voters’ absentee ballots must be postmarked by 8 p.m.…
