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A New Vision for Food and Ag Policy NC-FAR Board of Directors Meeting January 6, 2014


•AGree creates a safe forum for developing breakthroughs in the current policy paralysis and to build the foundation for continual, transformative change across the food and agriculture system. •AGree fosters a unique kind of discourse that benefits from rigorous, research-based discussion among diverse interests. •AGree is harnessing the power of diverse viewpoints in a process that yields practical results.

AGree

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A Need for Integrated Policies • Food and agriculture are

central to a number of policy issues, including

– Immigration and Labor – Health – National security – Education – Energy – Economy – Natural Resources

• Integrated policy approaches to food, nutrition, agriculture, and economic issues are needed to meet changing demands and conditions

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About 40% to 70% of costs in production agriculture are related to labor costs

22 million people are employed in agriculture-related fields


Leadership

Dan Glickman Former Secretary of Agriculture under President Bill Clinton

Gary Hirshberg Chairman of Stonyfield Farm

Emmy Simmons Former Assistant Administrator for Economic Growth, Agriculture and Trade, U.S. AID

Jim Moseley Former Deputy Secretary of Agriculture under President George W. Bush; a fourth generation Indiana farmer

Co-Chairs AGree Staff Deborah Atwood Executive Director; Former Associate, Corporate Affairs and Public Policy at Mars, Inc.; Special Assistant to U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Jim Moseley

Mil Duncan Research Director; Founding Director of the University of New Hampshire’s Carsey Institute and Former Professor of Sociology

Todd Barker Senior Partner, Meridian Institute

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Advisory Committee

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•A.G. Kawamura •Mark Keenum •Shiriki Kumanyika •Carl Mattson •Pat O’Toole •Judith Redmond •Anim Steel •Nancy Straw •Elizabeth Thompson •Robert Thompson •Johanna Nesseth Tuttle •Connie Veillette •Claire Wang •Elaine Waxman •Shonda Warner •Fred Yoder

•Rudy Arredondo •Ousmane Badiane •Tres Bailey •Dave Baudler •Chuck Benbrook •Jim Borel •Craig Cox •Kristin Weeks Duncanson •Bev Eggleston •Jeremy Embalabala •Debra Eschmeyer •Steve Flick •Paul Guenette •Hal Hamilton •Susan Heathcote •Rain Henderson


Research Committee Chris Barrett, Cornell University

Ken Cassman, University of Nebraska, Lincoln

Douglas Jackson-Smith, Utah State University

Philip Martin, University of California Davis

John Reganold, Washington State University

Beatrice Rogers, Tufts University

Katherine Smith, Council of Professional Associations on Federal Statistics

Thomas Tomich, University of California Davis

Parke Wilde, Tufts University

Foundation Working Group on Food and Ag Policy

Ford Foundation

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

The McKnight Foundation

David and Lucile Packard Foundation

Rockefeller Foundation

The Walton Family Foundation

Surdna Foundation


AGree’s Mission • AGree seeks to drive positive

change in the food and agriculture system by connecting and challenging leaders from diverse communities to catalyze action and elevate food and agriculture policy as a national priority.

• Through its work, AGree will support policy innovation that addresses four critical challenges in the food and agriculture system in a comprehensive and integrated way.

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AGree’s Key Challenges Meet future demand for food Strengthen farms and communities to improve livelihoods

Improve nutrition and public health Conserve and enhance water, soil, and habitat

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AGree’s Approach

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AGree + key individuals & institutions

Mobilize support for near-term

action in support of long-term change

Advocate for long-term change


• Create a Stable, Legal food and agriculture workforce in the U.S.

• Achieving Productivity, Profitability, and Environmental Outcomes

• Improving Community Health through Food and Nutrition

• Building a New Food-Systems Focused International Development Program

• Creating Innovation and Impact Systems for Food and Agriculture

• Linking Urban and Rural Food and Agriculture Development

Initiatives Moving into 2014

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Transformation: • Establish Innovation Institutes to enhance

connectivity between research, education, and extension systems, and to improve clarity about the complementary roles of the federal government and public-private partnerships in conducting research and implementing solutions.

Strategies: • Small working group developing framework early to

mid-2014; will seek external input • Continue to explore opportunities for alignment

with ongoing USDA REE efforts

Innovation and Impact Systems


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Transformation: • Align stakeholder groups around the best strategies

to attract, train, and retain young people to careers in food and agriculture by promoting “career and college readiness” and agricultural literacy.

Strategies: • Support from CHS Foundation to host a series of

convenings with interested parties (e.g. FFA, 4-H, National Ag in the Classroom, eXtension, Foodcorps, Department of Education, DuPont, others) in early-to-mid 2014.



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Transformation: • Develop BROAD coalition around aligned messaging

focused on the need to support and strengthen food and agricultural research, education, and extension issues to better support the expansion of innovative mechanisms for information sharing and knowledge exchange among researchers, producers, and other supply chain actors.

Strategies:

• Putting together a strategic plan with outside consultants on creating a 21st Century REE system

• Coordinating with fellow travelers



Website

Visit foodandagpolicy.org to find publications, papers, and reports

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For the latest news about AGree please visit www.foodandagpolicy.org. Information about AGree's vision and strategies is available along with a comprehensive document, Facing the Future, which outlines the challenges confronting the food and agriculture system. AGree backgrounders on the following issues are also available: farm safety net; nutrition assistance policy; federal agricultural spending; and, food and agriculture trends in the U.S. and abroad.

Headlines for February 7, 2013

» Sequestration: Farm Subsidies on the Table -- Politico

» Commentary - Trust, Not Self-sufficiency, Will Help Create a More Food-secure World -- The Chicago Council on Global Affairs

» Immigration Reform Would Benefit Agriculture, but Some Farmers See Downside -- Western Farm Press

» FDA Data: Slight Uptick in Animal Antibiotic Use, Resistance Remains Issue in Meat -- Food Safety News

» FAO Food Price Index Remains Unchanged in January -- Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations


AGree Executive Director Deborah Atwood 202.354.6447 [email protected]

Documents

A New Vision for Food and Ag Policy - NCFAR · A New Vision for Food and Ag Policy ... Mil Duncan . Research Director ... Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Robert Wood Johnson Foundation