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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop
Committee’s Stakeholder Listening
Session
Research, Education, and
Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening
session.
AGENCY:
In accordance with the
Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, and the Specialty Crop
Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Pub. L.
108–465), the United States Department
of Agriculture announces a stakeholder
listening session of the Specialty Crop
Committee, a subcommittee of the
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board.
DATES: January 7, 2016 starting at 2:00
p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Southeast Regional
Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Room
105, Savannah International Trade and
Convention Center, One International
Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31402.
The public may file written comments
by January 22, 2016, to: The National
Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory
Board Office, U.S. Department of
Agriculture, Room 332–A, Jamie L.
Whitten Building, 1400 Independence
Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20250–
2255 or nareeeab@ars.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Michele Esch, Executive Director,
SUMMARY:
National Agricultural Research,
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720–
8408; fax: (202) 720–6199; or email:
Michele.esch@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The
Specialty Crop Committee was
established in accordance with the
Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of
2004 under Title III, Section 303 of
Public Law 108–465. This Committee is
a permanent subcommittee of the
National Agricultural Research
Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board (the Board). The
Committee’s charge is to study the scope
and effectiveness of research, extension,
and economics programs affecting the
specialty crop industry. The
congressional legislation defines
‘‘specialty crops’’ as fruits, vegetables,
tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops
(including floriculture).
In order to carry out its
responsibilities effectively, the
Committee is holding a stakeholder
listening session. The listening session
will elicit stakeholder input from
industry and state representatives,
national organizations and institutions,
local producers, and other groups
interested in the issues with which the
Specialty Crop Committee is charged.
This session will be an opportunity to
share ideas on the specialty crop
industry with members of USDA’s
Specialty Crop Committee, including:
Measures designed to improve the
efficiency, productivity, and
profitability of specialty crop
production in the United States;
measures designed to improve
competitiveness through research,
extension, and economics programs
affecting the specialty crop industry;
and programs that would: Enhance
quality and shelf-life, development of
new crop protection tools, preventing
foreign invasive pests and diseases,
developing new and improved
marketing tools, and enhancing food
safety, improvement of mechanization
of production practices, and enhancing
irrigation techniques. Input received
will help formulate recommendations
from the Specialty Crop Committee to
USDA.
Written comments by attendees and
other interested stakeholders will be
welcomed as additional public input by
January 22, 2016. All verbal and written
statements will become part of the
official public record of the REE
Advisory Board Office.
Done at Washington, DC, this 21st day of
December 2015.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and
Economics, Chief Scientist, USDA.
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DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
Office of the Secretary
Notice of the Specialty Crop Committee's Stakeholder Listening
Session
AGENCY: Research, Education, and Economics, USDA.
ACTION: Notice of stakeholder listening session.
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SUMMARY: In accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 5
U.S.C. App 2, and the Specialty Crop Competitiveness Act of 2004 (Pub.
L. 108-465), the United States Department of Agriculture announces a
stakeholder listening session of the Specialty Crop Committee, a
subcommittee of the National Agricultural Research, Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board.
DATES: January 7, 2016 starting at 2:00 p.m. EST.
ADDRESSES: The Southeast Regional Fruit and Vegetable Conference, Room
105, Savannah International Trade and Convention Center, One
International Drive, Savannah, Georgia 31402.
The public may file written comments by January 22, 2016, to: The
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board Office, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Room 332-A,
Jamie L. Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC
20250-2255 or nareeeab@ars.usda.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michele Esch, Executive Director,
National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics
Advisory Board; telephone: (202) 720-8408; fax: (202) 720-6199; or
email: Michele.esch@ars.usda.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Specialty Crop Committee was established
in accordance with the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004
under Title III, Section 303 of Public Law 108-465. This Committee is a
permanent subcommittee of the National Agricultural Research Extension,
Education, and Economics Advisory Board (the Board). The Committee's
charge is to study the scope and effectiveness of research, extension,
and economics programs affecting the specialty crop industry. The
congressional legislation defines ``specialty crops'' as fruits,
vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits and nursery crops (including
floriculture).
In order to carry out its responsibilities effectively, the
Committee is holding a stakeholder listening session. The listening
session will elicit stakeholder input from industry and state
representatives, national organizations and institutions, local
producers, and other groups interested in the issues with which the
Specialty Crop Committee is charged. This session will be an
opportunity to share ideas on the specialty crop industry with members
of USDA's Specialty Crop Committee, including: Measures designed to
improve the efficiency, productivity, and profitability of specialty
crop production in the United States; measures designed to improve
competitiveness through research, extension, and economics programs
affecting the specialty crop industry; and programs that would: Enhance
quality and shelf-life, development of new crop protection tools,
preventing foreign invasive pests and diseases, developing new and
improved marketing tools, and enhancing food safety, improvement of
mechanization of production practices, and enhancing irrigation
techniques. Input received will help formulate recommendations from the
Specialty Crop Committee to USDA.
Written comments by attendees and other interested stakeholders
will be welcomed as additional public input by January 22, 2016. All
verbal and written statements will become part of the official public
record of the REE Advisory Board Office.
Done at Washington, DC, this 21st day of December 2015.
Catherine Woteki,
Under Secretary, Research, Education, and Economics, Chief Scientist,
USDA.
[FR Doc. 2015-33042 Filed 1-6-16; 8:45 am]
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