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Date:   May 4, 2020
Agent: Spring Williams-Byrd

Hello, this is Spring Williams-Byrd, County Extension Director with North Carolina Cooperative Extension, Burke County Center. Our program today is on COVID-19 Resources.

Farmers and agri-tourism are facing multiple challenges, from feeding their communities amid concerns of contamination to laying off staff and workers due to enforced closures. We want to assure you that N.C. Cooperative Extension is still with you, and will help you to get through this crisis. We know that many emergency regulations and recommendations are already affecting your business, and will most likely have long-lasting effects on you and your neighbors.

Cooperative Extension has created a website to keep you updated on the most pressing questions and issues regarding the pandemic. This information is updated weekly.

Many of you are asking, “How can we Help?” The Question of how to help your community is particularly difficult given the need to physically isolate ourselves from others. However, we are all in this together. And many people will need the help to get access to food and nutrition. There are plenty of ways that people, particularly farmers can help during these uncertain times.

For timely guidance and resources, visit the NC State Extension COVID-19 Resources and Information website.

This is Spring Williams-Byrd, County Extension Director with N.C. Cooperative Extension, Burke County Center. For more information give us a call at 764-9480.