Health & Safety
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Safer Space Agreements / Espacio Más Seguro
Our goal is for Soul Fire Farm to be a supportive, nonviolent, and inclusive space for all who participate. Everyone who comes to the farm is expected to engage other humans, species, and the land with respect.
Sexual Harassment Policy
Sample sexual harassment policy, lightly adapted from A Legal Guide to the Business of Farming in Vermont by Annette Higby, and part of AJP’s Model Handbook for Farm Employees.
Ten Ways To Practice Simple, Daily Acts of Gratitude
Face the direction of sunrise upon waking and wash it over yourself.
Let the first words out of your mouth be something kind.
Pay full attention to your breathing for at least five minutes a day.
Consciously touch some part of the natural world each day: soil or snow, a plant, water, or wind.
Shape a gentle smile for softness and an open heart.
Send a wave of love to two people during a pause in your day—one for whom it is easy to do so; the other, not so much.
...Emergency Action & Safety Plan
This is Roxbury Farm’s safety plan, which we used as a base for AJP’s Farm Health & Safety Plan Template.
Emergency Action & Safety Plan #
By Roxbury Farm
The purpose of this Emergency Action Plan is to establish emergency response procedures and duties, to promote planning and to establish training for various types of emergencies.
This plan is predicated on a realistic approach to the problems likely to be encountered during any type of emergency. Therefore, the following assumptions are made and should be used as general guidelines in such an emergency:
...Farm Health & Safety Plan Template
Template for writing your farm’s Health and Safety Plan, with sample language and guidance for each safety topic.
Planning & Training for Health & Safety (SOP)
Instructions for evaluating hazards on your farm, writing and updating your farm’s Health and Safety Plan, mitigating safety hazards, and training and notifying workers and visitors to the farm.