Florida makes more COVID-19 testing available for farmworkers

Additional COVID-19 testing sites in Florida’s Miami-Dade, Hendry, and St. Lucie counties are available for farmworkers as the fall harvest season begins, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services has announced. 

Commissioner Nikki Fried in a news release that the ongoing efforts to provide access to testing for farmworkers are part of a partnership with the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, the Florida Division of Emergency Management and local county governments.

“As the pandemic continues, we’re continuing our work to provide farmworkers with access to COVID-19 testing,” Fried said in the release.

“FDACS is proud to partner with the Florida Division of Emergency Management, UF/IFAS, and local governments to provide COVID-19 testing and resources to protect farmworkers and our state’s food supply. We’re also appreciative of the important work that county governments, like Collier County, are engaging in to protect agricultural workers in their community.”

According to the release, farmworkers will have access to numerous no-cost COVID-19 testing events in some of Florida’s top agricultural counties.
Testing services will continue as funding, demand, and availability allow, according to the release.

For the full list of testing sites, see the website of the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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