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Enhancing Agricultural Coexistence;
Request for Public Input
ACTION:
Request for information.
We are informing the public
that the U.S. Department of Agriculture
(USDA) is soliciting comments to
identify ways to foster communication
and collaboration among those involved
in diverse agricultural production
systems in order to further agricultural
coexistence. We are taking this action in
response to recommendations from the
USDA’s Advisory Committee on
Biotechnology & 21st Century
Agriculture.
SUMMARY:
We will consider all comments
that we receive on or before January 3,
2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
by either of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to
https://www.regulations.gov/#!document
Detail;D=APHIS-2013-0047-0001.
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Send your comment to Docket No.
APHIS–2013–0047, Regulatory Analysis
and Development, PPD, APHIS, Station
3A–03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118,
Riverdale, MD 20737–1238.
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Background
Agricultural coexistence refers to the
concurrent cultivation of crops
produced through diverse agricultural
systems, including traditionally
produced, organic, identity preserved
(IP),1 and genetically engineered crops.
As the complexity and diversity of U.S.
agriculture increases, so does the
importance of managing issues that
affect agricultural coexistence, such as
seed purity, gene flow, post-harvest
mixing, identity testing, and market
requirements.
On November 19, 2012, the U.S.
Department of Agriculture’s (USDA)
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology
& 21st Century Agriculture (AC21)
presented a report 2 to Secretary Thomas
J. Vilsack entitled, ‘‘Enhancing
Coexistence: A Report of the AC21 to
the Secretary of Agriculture.’’ The AC21
report on coexistence made
recommendations in five major areas
regarding agricultural coexistence: (1)
Potential compensation mechanisms, (2)
stewardship, (3) education and
outreach, (4) research, and (5) seed
quality. In the area of education and
outreach, we are seeking public input
regarding the implementation of the
recommendation that USDA foster
communication and collaboration to
strengthen coexistence. Following the
comment period, USDA intends to hold
a public forum to discuss input
provided by commenters and further
explore ways to implement the
recommendations in the AC21 report on
enhancing coexistence, particularly in
the area of education and outreach.
USDA’s goal in seeking comment is to
determine how we can best foster
communication and collaboration
among those involved in diverse
agricultural systems on the topic of
coexistence as well as how USDA can
best communicate and collaborate with
those entities. To do this, USDA needs
to better understand our stakeholders’
needs and the challenges they face
when it comes to communicating and
collaborating about coexistence.
Specific topics for input are discussed
below. To aid in our evaluation of
comments, we request that commenters
identify which topic number(s) they are
addressing in their comment when
practicable. We also request that
commenters indicate where any tools or
1 An identity preserved crop is a crop of an
assured quality in which the identity of the material
is maintained from the germplasm or breeding stock
to the processed product on a retail shelf.
2 To view the report and learn more about the
AC21, go to https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/
usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=
AC21Main.xml.
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information that they identify in their
comment can be obtained.
1. As we seek improved
communication and collaboration
among agricultural stakeholders, we are
interested in identifying information
needs and exploring successful
communication methods.
• When you or members of your
organization seek information related to
coexistence, what type of information
are you seeking and where do you go to
get it? Why?
• What information regarding
coexistence, in what format, is currently
available (printed or electronic
brochures, factsheets, blog posts, Web
sites, discussion forums, etc.)? Is this
information useful? Why or why not?
What additional information, in what
format, would be useful to you or
members of your organization?
• Please indicate your preferences
with respect to receiving information or
communications from USDA. Would
you be interested in receiving
information or communications from
non-USDA sources? How might you or
your organization, as agricultural
stakeholders, want to be involved in
disseminating information?
• Where should USDA focus its
efforts to best foster communication and
collaboration amongst stakeholders?
What would best facilitate farmer-tofarmer communication and
collaboration?
• Please share any examples of and
feedback regarding successful
communication models, including those
that have worked well for other issues.
2. As part of USDA’s outreach and
education efforts, we are interested in
identifying education needs and
exploring the creation of ‘‘outreach
toolkits’’ that will encourage
communication, planning, and cropspecific practices to facilitate successful
coexistence.
• What tools and educational services
are already available? Are these tools
and services useful? What tools and
educational services would be useful to
you?
• How might USDA assist farmers to
better understand the contracts they
enter into (e.g., contracts to provide
organic products and IP products for
specialty markets) and their
commitments with respect to
coexistence?
• What geographic information, in
what format, is available regarding the
location of crops that are planted and
grown using different types of
agricultural systems (e.g., pinning
maps)? Is the information updated
regularly? What are stakeholders doing
to make this type of geographic
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information more widely available?
What can USDA do to assist in these
efforts?
• Would a decision support system,
i.e., a computer-based information
system that could be used to support
data-based, planting-related decisions,
with topics such as when and where to
plant, suitable isolation distances, and
gene flow, be useful? Why or why not?
If such a decision support system would
be useful, what data would be needed
for the system to be effective?
3. Farmers and others in the food and
feed production chain have an
important role in collaborating to make
coexistence work, particularly with
reference to stewardship, contracting,
and attention to gene flow. As we seek
to improve collaboration among those
involved in diverse agricultural systems,
we are interested in hearing what
practices and activities that support
collaboration are available or in use and
how USDA can help make collaboration
and coexistence work for everyone
involved.
• What are factors that might prevent
or promote the broad adoption of local,
voluntary solutions aimed at facilitating
coexistence?
• Please provide examples of effective
coexistence practices (e.g., between
neighboring farmers or among regional
networks of farms) and on-farm and offfarm techniques for mitigating the
potential economic risks from
occurrences that affect successful
coexistence. How might they be made to
be more effective?
• What types of coexistence practices
could be supported in potential joint
coexistence plans,3 i.e., voluntary
written plans specifying farming
practices (such as farmer-to-farmer
communication, cropping plans,
temporal and physical isolation, and
harvesting techniques) that can be used
to support coexistence and identitypreserved production? What might an
effective, supportable, joint coexistence
plan look like? How might USDA
encourage adoption of joint coexistence
plans?
4. We also welcome any
recommendations regarding
collaborative meeting formats that
would best ensure coexistence issues
will be frankly and fully explored at the
public forum that USDA intends to hold
following the close of the public
comment period.
Any comments submitted will be
available for review as indicated under
ADDRESSES above. USDA will evaluate
3 The AC21 report (see footnote 2) recommends
that USDA consider supporting the development of
such plans among neighboring farmers.
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all the comments received during the
comment period. Input provided by
commenters and ways to implement the
recommendations in the AC21 report on
enhancing coexistence (see footnote 2),
particularly in the area of education and
outreach, will be further explored at a
public forum that USDA intends to hold
following the close of the public
comment period. The time and place of
the public forum will be announced in
the Federal Register.
Dated: October 28, 2013.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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should consider in developing its land
management plan. We encourage
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desired conditions, standards and
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guidelines, land suitability
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and public review and comment
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
[Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047]
Enhancing Agricultural Coexistence; Request for Public Input
ACTION: Request for information.
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SUMMARY: We are informing the public that the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA) is soliciting comments to identify ways to foster
communication and collaboration among those involved in diverse
agricultural production systems in order to further agricultural
coexistence. We are taking this action in response to recommendations
from the USDA's Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century
Agriculture.
DATES: We will consider all comments that we receive on or before
January 3, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by either of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Go to https://www.regulations.gov/#!documentDetail;D=APHIS-2013-0047-0001.
Postal Mail/Commercial Delivery: Send your comment to
Docket No. APHIS-2013-0047, Regulatory Analysis and Development, PPD,
APHIS, Station 3A-03.8, 4700 River Road Unit 118, Riverdale, MD 20737-
1238.
Supporting documents and any comments we receive on this docket may
be viewed at https://www.regulations.gov/#!docketDetail;D=APHIS-2013-
0047 or in our reading room, which is located in room 1141 of the USDA
South Building, 14th Street and Independence Avenue SW., Washington,
DC. Normal reading room hours are 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through
Friday, except holidays. To be sure someone is there to help you,
please call (202) 799-7039 before coming.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Meghan Klingel, Acting Advisor for
State and Stakeholder Relations, Office of the Deputy Administrator,
LPA, APHIS, 4700 River Road Unit 51, Riverdale, MD 20737-1231; (301)
851-4055, email: meghan.k.klingel@aphis.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Background
Agricultural coexistence refers to the concurrent cultivation of
crops produced through diverse agricultural systems, including
traditionally produced, organic, identity preserved (IP),\1\ and
genetically engineered crops. As the complexity and diversity of U.S.
agriculture increases, so does the importance of managing issues that
affect agricultural coexistence, such as seed purity, gene flow, post-
harvest mixing, identity testing, and market requirements.
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\1\ An identity preserved crop is a crop of an assured quality
in which the identity of the material is maintained from the
germplasm or breeding stock to the processed product on a retail
shelf.
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On November 19, 2012, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA)
Advisory Committee on Biotechnology & 21st Century Agriculture (AC21)
presented a report \2\ to Secretary Thomas J. Vilsack entitled,
``Enhancing Coexistence: A Report of the AC21 to the Secretary of
Agriculture.'' The AC21 report on coexistence made recommendations in
five major areas regarding agricultural coexistence: (1) Potential
compensation mechanisms, (2) stewardship, (3) education and outreach,
(4) research, and (5) seed quality. In the area of education and
outreach, we are seeking public input regarding the implementation of
the recommendation that USDA foster communication and collaboration to
strengthen coexistence. Following the comment period, USDA intends to
hold a public forum to discuss input provided by commenters and further
explore ways to implement the recommendations in the AC21 report on
enhancing coexistence, particularly in the area of education and
outreach.
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\2\ To view the report and learn more about the AC21, go to
https://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usda/usdahome?contentidonly=true&contentid=AC21Main.xml.
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USDA's goal in seeking comment is to determine how we can best
foster communication and collaboration among those involved in diverse
agricultural systems on the topic of coexistence as well as how USDA
can best communicate and collaborate with those entities. To do this,
USDA needs to better understand our stakeholders' needs and the
challenges they face when it comes to communicating and collaborating
about coexistence. Specific topics for input are discussed below. To
aid in our evaluation of comments, we request that commenters identify
which topic number(s) they are addressing in their comment when
practicable. We also request that commenters indicate where any tools
or information that they identify in their comment can be obtained.
1. As we seek improved communication and collaboration among
agricultural stakeholders, we are interested in identifying information
needs and exploring successful communication methods.
When you or members of your organization seek information
related to coexistence, what type of information are you seeking and
where do you go to get it? Why?
What information regarding coexistence, in what format, is
currently available (printed or electronic brochures, factsheets, blog
posts, Web sites, discussion forums, etc.)? Is this information useful?
Why or why not? What additional information, in what format, would be
useful to you or members of your organization?
Please indicate your preferences with respect to receiving
information or communications from USDA. Would you be interested in
receiving information or communications from non-USDA sources? How
might you or your organization, as agricultural stakeholders, want to
be involved in disseminating information?
Where should USDA focus its efforts to best foster
communication and collaboration amongst stakeholders? What would best
facilitate farmer-to-farmer communication and collaboration?
Please share any examples of and feedback regarding
successful communication models, including those that have worked well
for other issues.
2. As part of USDA's outreach and education efforts, we are
interested in identifying education needs and exploring the creation of
``outreach toolkits'' that will encourage communication, planning, and
crop-specific practices to facilitate successful coexistence.
What tools and educational services are already available?
Are these tools and services useful? What tools and educational
services would be useful to you?
How might USDA assist farmers to better understand the
contracts they enter into (e.g., contracts to provide organic products
and IP products for specialty markets) and their commitments with
respect to coexistence?
What geographic information, in what format, is available
regarding the location of crops that are planted and grown using
different types of agricultural systems (e.g., pinning maps)? Is the
information updated regularly? What are stakeholders doing to make this
type of geographic information more widely available? What can USDA do
to assist in these efforts?
Would a decision support system, i.e., a computer-based
information system that could be used to support data-based, planting-
related decisions, with topics such as when and where to plant,
suitable isolation distances, and gene flow, be useful? Why or why not?
If such a decision support system would be useful, what data would be
needed for the system to be effective?
3. Farmers and others in the food and feed production chain have an
important role in collaborating to make coexistence work, particularly
with reference to stewardship, contracting, and attention to gene flow.
As we seek to improve collaboration among those involved in diverse
agricultural systems, we are interested in hearing what practices and
activities that support collaboration are available or in use and how
USDA can help make collaboration and coexistence work for everyone
involved.
What are factors that might prevent or promote the broad
adoption of local, voluntary solutions aimed at facilitating
coexistence?
Please provide examples of effective coexistence practices
(e.g., between neighboring farmers or among regional networks of farms)
and on-farm and off-farm techniques for mitigating the potential
economic risks from occurrences that affect successful coexistence. How
might they be made to be more effective?
What types of coexistence practices could be supported in
potential joint coexistence plans,\3\ i.e., voluntary written plans
specifying farming practices (such as farmer-to-farmer communication,
cropping plans, temporal and physical isolation, and harvesting
techniques) that can be used to support coexistence and identity-
preserved production? What might an effective, supportable, joint
coexistence plan look like? How might USDA encourage adoption of joint
coexistence plans?
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\3\ The AC21 report (see footnote 2) recommends that USDA
consider supporting the development of such plans among neighboring
farmers.
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4. We also welcome any recommendations regarding collaborative
meeting formats that would best ensure coexistence issues will be
frankly and fully explored at the public forum that USDA intends to
hold following the close of the public comment period.
Any comments submitted will be available for review as indicated
under ADDRESSES above. USDA will evaluate
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all the comments received during the comment period. Input provided by
commenters and ways to implement the recommendations in the AC21 report
on enhancing coexistence (see footnote 2), particularly in the area of
education and outreach, will be further explored at a public forum that
USDA intends to hold following the close of the public comment period.
The time and place of the public forum will be announced in the Federal
Register.
Dated: October 28, 2013.
Thomas J. Vilsack,
Secretary of Agriculture.
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