202-234-4433 Neal R. Gross & Co., Inc. Page 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT of AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE NATIONAL ORGANIC
Page 1 U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE NATIONAL ORGANIC PROGRAM + + + + + PUBLIC LISTENING SESSION: USDA ACTIVITIES & PRIORITIES RELATED TO ORGANIC AGRICULTURE & MARKETS + + + + + TUESDAY SEPTEMBER 20, 2011 + + + + + The session convened in the Jefferson Auditorium at the USDA South Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC, at 8:30 a.m., Mark Lipson, Moderator, presiding. USDA STAFF: MARK LIPSON, Organic & Sustainable Agriculture Policy Advisor EDWARD AVALOS JILL AUBURN REBECCA BLUE CATHY GREENE SHANNON HAMM SHARON HESTVIK SHARI KOSCO MILES MCEVOY MARY PEET MARK ROSE DAVID SHIPMAN MATT SMITH STEVEN SMITH KELLY STRZELECKI CAREN WILCOX CATHERINE WOTEKI Neal R. Gross & Co., Inc. 202-234-4433 Page 2 ATTENDEES: GEORGE BASS, The Country Hen LAURA BATCHA, Organic Trade Association CARMELA BECK, Driscoll's TONY BEDARD, Frontier Natural Products Cooperative and OTA Board Member SARAH BIRD, Annie's Inc. and OTA Board Member KARINE BOUIS-TOWE MARK BUSCHING, Crowell & Moring, LLP CHRISTINE BUSHWAY, Organic Trade Association STEVE ETKA, National Organic Coalition LESLIE GOLDMAN, Beet Keepers, Return! KATY GREEN, Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association JAYDEE HANSON, Center for Food Safety KRISTINA HUBBARD, Organic Seed Alliance MARK KASTEL, The Cornucopia Institute BETH LARABEE, Iowa Organic Association ARIANE LOTTI, Organic Farming Research Foundation PATTY LOVERA, Food & Water Watch EDWARD MALTBY, Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance CHUCK MARCY, Marcy and Partners and OTA Board Member JOHN MESKO, Sustainable Farming Association of Minnesota MELODY MEYER, UNFI and Organic Trade Association COLIN O'NEIL, Center for Food Safety SHEPHERD OGDEN, Jefferson County, West Virginia Agricultural Development Office SUSAN PAVLIN, Slow Food Atlanta/GA Organics JIM PIERCE, Oregon Tilth JULIA SABIN, Smucker Natural Foods, Inc.
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