"Your evacuation plan should outline each type of disaster and determine specific scenarios best suited for each situation. It should include a list of resources such as trucks, trailers, pasture and/or feed which might be needed in an evacuation as well as a designated person who will unlock gates and doors and make your facility easily accessible to emergency personnel."
The Farm Service Agency provides assistance for natural disaster losses, resulting from drought, flood, fire, freeze, tornadoes, pest infestation, and other calamities.
The ongoing collaborative work of EDEN’s Disaster Issues Community of Practice provides the best of Extension's research-based, interdisciplinary, educational resources to help people prepare for or recover from natural or man-made disasters affecting their communities, families, farms, or businesses. Topic areas include agrosecurity, floods, and avian influenza.
"Established in 1985, the Farm Resource Center (FRC) is a not-for-profit agency established expressly to respond to the needs of rural families in crisis. FRC has programs working for farmers, laborers, miners (including their respective families) and at-risk abused and neglected children.
"This article is a supplement to Farmers’ Guide to Disaster Assistance. It focuses on aspects of federal disaster assistance that are of particular relevance for organic farmers. The first part of the article discusses steps that organic farmers may take to plan for natural disaster.
"This book is meant to be a tool to help farmers, their advocates, and their attorneys plow through the rough terrain of disaster assistance programs. It explains how farmers can get the maximum relief to which they are entitled under federal law.
"The Farmer Resource Network connects you to more than 500 organizations developing innovative approaches to producing, processing and marketing food from family farms. We're here to share our stories about successful farm operations and connect you to people with ideas to diversify and strengthen your farm."
This Fact Sheet provides information on the types of Crop Insurance that is available to Nurseries and what types of plants are covered through the programs offered.