2013-2015 Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, Washington, DC

Tuesday, September 15, 2015

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. Registration and Check-in for members and observers

8:30 a.m. Meeting Convenes with Roll Call Attendance

-Paul Newman, Committee Chair

Introduction

- Chuck Parrott, Deputy Administrator, Fruit and Vegetable Program

Welcome

- Anne Alonzo, AMS Administrator

8:45 a.m. Previous FVIAC Meeting Minutes Review and Approval

- Paul Newman, Committee Chair

8:55 a.m. Fruit and Vegetable Program Update

- Chuck Parrott

9:00 a.m. Introduction of Speakers

-Chuck Parrott

9:00 – 9:30 Nutrition Initiatives and Promotion to the Public/Healthy Eating & Fruit and Vegetable 

Promotion

-Barbara Jirka, Program Analyst, Office of Nutrition Marketing and Communications

USDA Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion; 

9:30 – 10:00 School Nutrition Initiatives and Promotion within Schools/Healthy Eating and Fruit and 

Vegetable Promotion

-Tecla Coleman-Sloan, Team Leader, Women, Infants and Children Program

Child Nutrition Programs, Food and Nutrition Service, USDA

10:00 – 11:00 Pest and Disease Detection Guideline Development, Citrus Greening

- Trang T. Vo, Agricultural Economist, Team Lead, Plant Epidemiology and Risk Analysis 

Laboratory, Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS), USDA

- Nicole L. Russo, PhD., Assistant Director, Regulatory Coordination & Compliance

Regulations, Permits & Manuals, Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), APHIS

- William E. Thomas, Director, National Identification Services

Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ), APHIS

- Mary Palm, National Citrus Health Response Coordinator, Supervisory Plant Pathologist, 

PPQ, APHIS

11:00-11:30 Agricultural Workforce Impact and the Growing Competition from Mexican Producers

-Thomas Hertz, Economist

Economic Research Service, USDA

-Phillip Martin, Professor Emeritus

Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics, University of California – Davis

-Steven Zahniser, Agricultural Economist

Economic Research Service, USDA (tentative)
11:30 – 11:45 Agricultural Labor Working Group Update 

-Carlos Castaneda, Chair

11:45-12:00 Observer Comments

-Linda Calvin, Economic Research Service, USDA – ERS/NASS Survey

12:00 p.m. Lunch Recess

1:00 p.m. Meeting Reconvenes – Speakers/Presentations

-Paul Newman

1:00 -1:45 Plant Breeding and Grant Funding

- Michele Esch, Executive Director 

USDA National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board

National Genetic Resources Advisory Council, Specialty Crops Initiative, Citrus Greening 

Committee

- Ann Marie Thro, Senior Advisor, Plant Health & Production and Plant Products

Office of the Chief Scientist (OCS)

Home agency: National Institute for Food and Agriculture, USDA

1:45 – 2:00 West Coast Port Delays Update

- Brian McGregor, Supervisory Agricultural Marketing Specialist

Transportation Services Division, AMS Transportation and Marketing Program, USDA

2:00 – 3:00 AMS Audit Harmonization and Program Update

AMS GroupGAP Initiative – Launch and Promotion

- Jennifer Dougherty, Team Lead, GAPs Program, Audit Branch

- Randle Macon, Assistant Director 

AMS Specialty Crops Inspection Division

Leanne Skelton, AMS/FDA FSMA Liaison, will be available for any resource discussion on 

FSMA; she is not making a formal presentation. 

Food Safety and Audit Harmonization Working Group Recommendations

-Cathy Burns, Chair

3:00 - 3:15 Break

3:15 – 4:30 Working Group Reports/Recommendation Discussion

- New Topic Development or Topic Expansion

Ports of Entry Inspection Delays Working Group Recommendation draft

-Jorge Vasquez, Chair

Research and Grants Funding Working Group Update 

-Jin Ju Wilder, Chair

Education and Branding/Promotions Working Group Update

-Brent Roggie, Chair

New or Expanded Topics Discussion

4:30 – 5:00 Observer Comments

5:00 Adjourn for the Day
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2013-2015 Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee Meeting

Grand Hyatt Washington Hotel, Washington, DC

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

AGENDA

8:00 a.m. Registration of Committee members and Observers

8:30 a.m. Call to Order and Review/Amend Agenda as needed

-Paul Newman, Chair

8:45 a.m. Observer Comments

9:00 a.m. Working Group Break out Meetings: New/Expanded Topics Discussion

Research and Grants Funding Working Group

-Jin Ju Wilder, Chair

Education and Branding/Promotions Working Group

-Brent Roggie, Chair

Drought and Infrastructure

-Vaughn Koligian

New or Expanded Topics Discussion – ongoing 

------ Full Committee Reconvenes (timing to be determined by Committee based on working group 

development)

Next Steps/Administrative Matters

Set Date for Next Meeting – February/March 2016*

-Paul Newman

Observer Comments

1:00 p.m. Meeting Adjournment

*Meetings are not pre-set dates and times but instead are set based upon Member schedules and commitments, due 

to the nature of the Committee member’s businesses/agricultural capacity.