Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30am – 4:30pm USDA South Building Cafeteria # 30 20min Break and Networking reminder: stop and restart WebEx Recording to reduce file size Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30am – 4:30pm USDA South Building Cafeteria # 31 Paul Shapiro Vice President of Policy Engagement The Humane Society of the United States Jeff Vallet, Ph.D. (USDA ‐ ARS) moderating The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 1
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” THANK YOU The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 2
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 3
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 4
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” “We heard loud and clear that consumers don’t think that a conventional cage the size of a podium for two years is enough. It isn’t enough. It’s ridiculous.” —Chad Gregory, UEP President “2015: The Year of the Cage-Free Hen” “Everyone’s Going Cage-Free” “Are Cage-Free Eggs the Future?” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 5
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 6
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” “It’s no longer a discussion about whether to convert egg production from cage to cage ‐ free operations, but rather when it will happen.” How Can the Agency Help the Industry? • National School Lunch Program • Surplus buy‐ups • Food and Nutrition Service • Economic Research Service The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 7
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 8
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30am – 4:30pm USDA South Building Cafeteria # 32 David E. Starling American Veterinary Medical Association Oral / no slides Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30am – 4:30pm USDA South Building Cafeteria # 33 Tad Sonstegard, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Acceligen The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 9
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” Advanced Breeding: Precise Gene Editing for Animal Welfare & Sustainable Productivity Tad Sonstegard CSO of Acceligen St. Paul, MN USA 55104 tad@recombinetics.com USDA ‐ OSEC| 28 FEB| Washington DC 2017 Welcome to the PRECISION BREEDING w/ EDITING PLANT, ANIMAL, MICROBE, ETC. Gene ‐ Editing Revolution Transformative Technology in the News Time The New York Times The Economist National Geographic Nature The Spectator Science Wired European Technology MIT Technology Review 20 The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 10
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” Acceli Acceligen: n: Heal Healthy, Pr Productive ve Ani Animals als & Sa Safer, Abundan Abundant Fo Food RCI and its collaborators utilize proprietary, pioneering methods for precision breeding to provide natural livestock disease resistance, improve food productivity and enhance animal welfare in beef, dairy, pork and poultry production. • Reduce or eliminate use of antibiotics, vaccines and surgical production practices • Address animal welfare, while simultaneously meeting market demand for drug ‐ free animal proteins • Increase meat and dairy yields with reduced input and production costs – and reduced environmental impact • Enable humane, localized production through precise gender selection and genetic diversity optimized for specific conditions Bee Beef & Dairy Dairy Swine Swi Poultry Po • Naturally Hornless (Polled) • PRRSv Disease Resistance • Avian Flu Resistance • Heat Tolerant (SLICK) • Swine Fever Resistance • Sex Selection • Genetic Castration • BRD (Respiratory Disease) • FMDv (Food and Mouth Disease) • Tail Docking • Meat yield (Heavy Muscling) 21 Challe llenges fo for Co Commer mmercial alization on – Access ccess fo for the the Br Breeder eeders • Cur Curren ent re regulatory path pathway is is too too cos costly ly • designed fo design for pr processe ocesses to to mak make ani animals tha that produce duce phar pharmac aceu eutic tical products! ducts!! • The re The regulation on does does not not ma match the the risk risk • Inappr appropri opriat ate to to re regulate a br breed eeding ing pr proce ocess ov over the the food ood product duct Willf illful ig ignorance of of intell llig igen ent peop people le wit with good ood intention ions • • Producer Pr ducers and and retailer ilers wa wary of of Pit Pitchfork Na Nation (i.e (i.e – losin osing mark market sha share while while te testing ting the the tech technolog ology) y) • Internation ional in influ fluence ‐ Em Emergin ging economi onomies follo llow our our lea lead in in re regulation on 22 The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 11
Stakeholder presentations for the USDA ‐ OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” Visioning of United States, (U.S.) Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production Stakeholder Listening Session Meeting Thursday, March 2, 2017 8:30am – 4:30pm USDA South Building Cafeteria # 34 Joanna Grossman Senior Policy Specialist The Good Food Institute The Future of Protein: Blending Markets and Food Technology to Solve Some of the World’s Biggest Problems Joanna Grossman, Ph.D. Senior Policy Specialist The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 12
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