{"id":159222,"date":"2020-03-23T09:54:33","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T13:54:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=159222"},"modified":"2020-03-23T15:16:59","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T19:16:59","slug":"uconn-extension-offers-clearinghouse-resources-coronavirus-response","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2020\/03\/uconn-extension-offers-clearinghouse-resources-coronavirus-response\/","title":{"rendered":"UConn Extension Offers Clearinghouse of Resources on Coronavirus Response"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic has produced unprecedented challenges in the UConn community and around the world. To provide assistance in guiding responses to the pandemic, <a href=\"https:\/\/cahnr.uconn.edu\/extension\/\">UConn CAHNR Extension<\/a> educators have <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.extension.uconn.edu\/covid-19-resources\/\">curated online resources<\/a> for our statewide audiences, including families, businesses, and agricultural producers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.extension.uconn.edu\/covid-19-resources\/#all\">Resources for all audiences<\/a> include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Food safety and cooking<\/li>\n<li>Hand washing and sanitizers<\/li>\n<li>Infection prevention<\/li>\n<li>Financial perspective<\/li>\n<li>Listings of open farms\/farmers\u2019 markets and school emergency meal distribution<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Parents and families with children out of school can use the resources from our UConn 4-H program to provide new educational activities for youth. Activities available will keep youth engaged and learning and are appropriate for a variety of age groups.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.extension.uconn.edu\/covid-19-resources\/#business\">A list of resources has been collected for Connecticut businesses<\/a>. It is a clearinghouse of resources, and not an official site. Business owners can connect to the state resources we provide for official and legal advice.<\/p>\n<p>Agricultural producers are still working on farms, in greenhouses and along the coast in Long Island Sound during the COVID-19 outbreak. <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.extension.uconn.edu\/covid-19-resources\/#farmers\">Extension educators have developed resources for specific agricultural sectors<\/a>, including fruit and vegetable farms, aquaculture, and nursery and landscape professionals. Links to important updates from the Connecticut Department of Agriculture also are available.<\/p>\n<p>Our Extension educators are updating and adding resources regularly. Please visit\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/COVID-19-Extension\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/COVID-19-Extension<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/cahnr.uconn.edu\/extension\/\">UConn CAHNR Extension<\/a> has more than 100 years&#8217; experience strengthening communities in Connecticut and beyond. Extension programs address the full range of issues set forth in CAHNR&#8217;s strategic initiatives:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ensuring a vibrant and sustainable agricultural industry and food supply<\/li>\n<li>Enhancing health and well-being locally, nationally, and globally<\/li>\n<li>Designing sustainable landscapes across urban-rural interfaces<\/li>\n<li>Advancing adaptation and resilience in a changing climate.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em>Programs delivered by Extension reach individuals, communities, and businesses in each of Connecticut&#8217;s 169 municipalities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UConn Extension educators have assembled an online collection of resources on COVID-19 for farmers, businesses, and the general public.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":159224,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_crdt_document":"","wds_primary_category":0,"wds_primary_series":0,"wds_primary_attribution":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1715,2213,173,92,174,2225,90],"tags":[],"magazine-issues":[],"coauthors":[1902],"class_list":["post-159222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community-impact","category-coronavirus","category-uconn-avery-point","category-uconn-hartford","category-uconn-stamford","category-uconn-storrs","category-uconn-waterbury"],"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-04 05:50:46","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/users\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=159222"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":159225,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159222\/revisions\/159225"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media\/159224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=159222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=159222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=159222"},{"taxonomy":"magazine-issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/magazine-issues?post=159222"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/wp-rest\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=159222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}