During the NJACTS Winegrape Session on Tuesday morning, attendees at the first presentation “Pesticide Safety & Compliance Tools for New Jersey Winegrape Growers” will receive an overview of recent and near-future regulatory changes, and then an outline of tools for compliance. They will also be awarded one CORE credit. We have posted for their convenience “Resources […]
New Webpage: WPS Resources Posted to Rutgers NJAES WPS Training Recordkeeping Webpage
Recordkeeping of WPS Pesticide Safety Training Employers are required by the Revised Worker Protection Standard regulations to retain records of WPS training for 2 years. The 2020 revised New Jersey regulations on worker and handler training recordkeeping are more stringent, requiring that training rosters be maintained by both the trainer and the agricultural employer for […]
Resources for New Jersey Licensed Private Pesticide Applicators & Growers – 2022 Meetings Tools for Regulatory Compliance
In 2022 Rutgers provided growers with regulatory updates in presentations at NJACTS, the Blueberry Open house and South Jersey Vegetable and Field Crop, North & South Jersey Tree Fruit, and Blueberry Twilights. Thanks to all host farms. Laminated WPS Pesticide Safety Posters and other WPS Resources were distributed at all Twilight meetings. Slide Guide: Hastings […]
VGANJ 2021 CORE Session: New Jersey Private Pesticide Applicators in a Virtual COVID World…
Many processes and and resources for the certification and licensing of New Jersey Private Pesticide Applicators are now available virtually. Today Rutgers Designated Pesticide Safety Education Program (PSEP) Coordinator for the State of New Jersey, Pat Hastings delivered a CORE presentation to private applicators outlining virtual systems and policies that have come on line since […]
EPA Awards Funding to Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs for Farmworker Pesticide Training in New York, New Jersey and Puerto Rico
CONTACT: mcbay.stephen@epa.gov NEW YORK (November 19, 2020) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 2 office is excited to work with the Association of Farmworker Opportunity Programs (AFOP) which will receive up to $500,000 annually to conduct pesticide safety training across the country over the next five years. With EPA funding, AFOP will administer […]