Grant Funding to protect the health and safety of domestic and temporary foreign agricultural workers during COVID-19.

Eligible Applicants

Eligible recipients are primary Canadian agricultural producers (for example, a farm, ranch or other operation) that produce agricultural products for resale and employ farm workers (domestic and temporary foreign workers). They can include:

• Sole proprietors
• Partnerships
• Corporations / Co-Operatives / Communal Organizations
• Trusts
• Brand Farms

Eligible Projects & Activities

The great thing about this program is its retroactive – meaning you can claim costs as far back as March 15, 2020. All eligible projects must be completed by by February 26,2021.  Eligible activities include:

• Farm retrofit or adjustments to existing agricultural operations to cover extraordinary costs associated with COVID-19 to ensure worker safety, such as:
  • Work space adjustments to allow for proper safety measures and physical distancing;
  • Enhancements to required employer-provided housing for workers as a result of COVID-19 to ensure worker safety;
  • Support for temporary housing arrangements for workers in cases where existing facilities cannot adequately allow or be modified to allow for physical distancing (off-farm housing options are eligible where required for prevention of the spread of COVID-19 or control where an outbreak of COVID-19 is confirmed);
  • Additional transportation to and from employer provided housing and job-sites to allow physical distancing as a result of COVID-19.
• Disposable and non-disposable personal protective equipment (PPE) that are incremental to normal operations due to COVID-19, such as:
  • Disposable PPE such as masks, sanitizer, etc.
  • Non-disposable PPE such as body temperature screening, face shields, etc.
• Other associated costs related to worker training and safety COVID-19 protocols, such as:
  • Costs associated with worker implementation of enhanced protocols such as interpretation services or training on COVID-19 protocols

Eligible Funding

The Emergency On-Farm Support Fund will provide up to $100,000 in grant funding per recipient (that is per farm/operation) in non-repayable funding for emergency COVID-19 response activities.

The grant will cover 10%-15% of costs associated with disposable PPE up to a maximum of $15,000 depending on the province the facility is in.

How Ayming Can Help

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