Gov. Ron DeSantis has issued a stay-at-home order for the next 30 days. It states that all non-essential
workers stay home in Florida. Agriculture,
specifically nursery and greenhouse work is exempt from this order. You can supply your employees with a letter
that specifies the exemption that they can carry with them to and from
work. Here is a link that supplies you
with a template
Here is a list of essential Food and Agriculture Exemptions
to the order. Use one of these employment sectors for
your letter.
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE
• Workers supporting groceries, pharmacies, convenience
stores, and other retail (including unattended and vending) that sells human
food, animal/pet food and pet supply, and beverage products, including retail customer
support service and information technology support staff necessary for online
orders, pickup and delivery.
• Restaurant carry-out and quick serve food operations,
including dark kitchen and food prep centers, and carryout and delivery food employees.
• Food manufacturer employees and their supplier
employees—to include those employed in food ingredient production and
processing facilities; livestock, poultry, seafood slaughter facilities; pet
and animal feed processing facilities; human food facilities producing
by-products for animal food; beverage production facilities; and the production
of food packaging.
• Farmers, farm workers, and agribusiness support services
to include those employed in auction and sales: grain and oilseed handling,
processing and distribution; animal food, feed, and ingredient production,
packaging, and distribution; manufacturing, packaging, and distribution of
veterinary drugs; truck delivery and transport; farm and fishery labor needed
to produce our food supply domestically and for export.
• Farmers, farm workers, support service workers, and their
supplier employees to include those engaged in producing and harvesting field
crops; commodity inspection; fuel ethanol facilities; biodiesel and renewable diesel
facilities; storage facilities; and other agricultural inputs.
• Employees and firms supporting the distribution of food,
feed, and beverage and ingredients used in these products, including warehouse
workers, vendor- managed inventory controllers and blockchain managers.
• Workers supporting the sanitation and pest control of all
food manufacturing processes and operations from wholesale to retail.
• Employees in cafeterias used to feed employees,
particularly employee populations sheltered against COVID-19.
• Workers in animal diagnostic and food testing laboratories
in private industries and in institutions of higher education.
• Government, private, and non-governmental organizations’
workers essential for food assistance programs (including school lunch
programs) and government payments.
• Employees of companies engaged in the production, storage,
transport, and distribution of chemicals, medicines, vaccines, and other
substances used by the food and agriculture industry, including seeds, pesticides,
herbicides, fertilizers, minerals, enrichments, and other agricultural
production aids.
• Animal agriculture workers to include those employed in
veterinary health (including those involved in supporting emergency veterinary
or livestock services); raising of animals for food; animal production operations;
livestock markets; slaughter and packing plants, manufacturers, renderers, and
associated regulatory and government workforce.
• Transportation supporting animal agricultural industries,
including movement of animal medical and reproductive supplies and materials,
animal vaccines, animal drugs, feed ingredients, feed, and bedding, live
animals, animal by-products, and deceased animals for disposal.
• Workers who support sawmills and the manufacture and
distribution of fiber and forest products, including, but not limited to
timber, paper, and other wood and fiber products.
• Employees engaged in the manufacture and maintenance of
equipment and other infrastructure necessary for agricultural production and
distribution.
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