<div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sorry for the late notice on this public meeting but it may be of interest if you are in the DC-area because medicinal plants are considered specialty crops. </font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">You must register to attend the meeting (see the USDA press release below) and public comments will be accepted at the close of the meeting each day as well as in writing if postmarked by October 17 2014.</font><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">A LITTLE BACKGROUND: </font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">The Specialty Crop Committee provides advice to the Secretary of Agriculture through the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board about top priorities and policies for food and agricultural research, education, extension and economics. </span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">GRANT PROGRAMS: There are at least two grant programs for specialty crops: </font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The <span style="line-height:18.399999618530273px">SPECIALTY CROP GRANT PROGRAM</span> is in the Farm Bill and is administered by the USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service. "The Specialty Crop Block Grant Program provides block grants to the State departments of agriculture</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">within the 50 States, the District of Columbia, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa,</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">United States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The purpose of the grant program is to solely enhance the competitiveness of specialty crops, which are</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">defined as fruits, vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, nursery crops, including floriculture."</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[<a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/scbgp">http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/scbgp</a>]</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">The SPECIALTY CROP RESEARCH INITIATIVE is administered by the </font><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">USDA-National Institute of Food and Agriculture. </span></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">"The Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI) was established to solve critical industry issues through</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">research and extension activities. SCRI gives priority to projects that are multistate, multi‐</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">institutional, or trans‐disciplinary; and include explicit mechanisms to communicate results to</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">producers and the public. Projects must address at least one of five focus areas: research in plant</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">breeding, genetics, and genomics to improve crop characteristics; efforts to identify and address</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">threats from pests and diseases, including threats to specialty crop pollinators; efforts to improve</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">production efficiency, productivity, and profitability over the long term; new innovations and</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">technology, including improved mechanization and technologies that delay or inhibit ripening; and</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">methods to prevent, detect, monitor, control, and respond to potential food safety hazards in the</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">production and processing of specialty crops." [<a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5088245">http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/getfile?dDocName=STELPRDC5088245</a>]</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><div>USDA DEFINITION OF SPECIALTY CROPS:</div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Section 101 of the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 (7 U.S.C. 1621 note) and amended under </span><a href="http://uscode.house.gov/view.xhtml?req=specialty+crop+block+grants&f=treesort&fq=true&num=0&hl=true&edition=prelim&granuleId=USC-prelim-title7-section1621" name="" target="_top" style="color:rgb(102,0,153);text-decoration:none">section 10010 of the Agricultural Act of 2014, Public Law 113-79</a><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"> (the Farm Bill) defines specialty crops as “fruits and vegetables, tree nuts, dried fruits, horticulture, and nursery crops (including floriculture).” Eligible plants must be cultivated or managed and used by people for food, medicinal purposes, and/or aesthetic gratification to be considered specialty crops. Processed products shall consist of greater than 50% of the specialty crop by weight, exclusive of added water.</span> [<a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateJ&navID=WhatareSpecialtyCrops?&rightNav1=WhatareSpecialtyCrops?&topNav=&leftNav=&page=SCBGPDefinitions&resultType=&acct=fvgrntprg">http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/ams.fetchTemplateData.do?template=TemplateJ&navID=WhatareSpecialtyCrops?&rightNav1=WhatareSpecialtyCrops?&topNav=&leftNav=&page=SCBGPDefinitions&resultType=&acct=fvgrntprg</a>]</font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">ELIGIBLE CROPS: </span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Eligible Medicinal plants include, but are not limited to:</font></div><div><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;color:rgb(0,0,0)"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"> <br></font></div><table border="1" class="" align="" width="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:0px solid silver;color:rgb(0,0,0);border-collapse:collapse;background-color:rgb(168,178,211)"><tbody><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Artemisia</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Marshmallow</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Arum</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Mullein</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Astragalus</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Passion flower</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Boldo</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Patchouli</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Cananga</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Pennyroyal</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Comfrey</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Pokeweed</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Coneflower</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">St. John’s wort</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Fenugreek</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Senna</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid 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style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ginkgo biloba</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Sorrel</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Ginseng</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid 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style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Goldenseal</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Urtica</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Gypsywort</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Witch hazel</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Horehound</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Wood betony</font></div></td></tr><tr style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><th valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="187" scope="row" class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148);font-weight:normal"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Horsetail</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" 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sans-serif">Liquorice</font></div></th><td valign="top" rowspan="" colspan="" width="195" class="" style="padding:0px;border:1px solid rgb(131,133,148)"><div class="" style="margin-bottom:0px;padding:0px;text-align:center"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Yerba buena</font></div></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">[USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service; <a href="http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/SCBGPdefinitions">http://www.ams.usda.gov/AMSv1.0/SCBGPdefinitions</a>]</font></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Patricia S. 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Angelis, Ph.D.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Botanist, US Fish
& Wildlife Service-Division of Scientific Authority</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Chair, Plant Conservation Alliance-Medicinal
Plant Working Group</span></div><div><br></div></div></div>
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<p>WASHINGTON, Sept. 25, 2014 – The Specialty Crop Committee will meet on Oct. 1 and 2 in Washington, DC, to provide consultation to the National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) on the relevancy review process for the Specialty Crop Research Initiative (SCRI).</p>
<p>The Committee will also discuss their strategy for providing advice and recommendations on the overall scope and effectiveness of research, extension, and economics programs affecting the specialty crops industry.</p>
<p>The meeting, which is open to the public, will begin at noon on Oct. 1 and at 8 a.m. on Oct. 2, at the Renaissance Washington Downtown Hotel at 999 Ninth St NW, Washington, D.C. 20001.</p>
<p>The Specialty Crop Committee was established by the Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act of 2004 as a permanent subcommittee of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board to study the scope and effectiveness of research, extension, and economics programs affecting the specialty crops industry. The Agricultural Act of 2014 further expanded the duties of the Specialty Crop Committee to consult with NIFA on the establishment of a relevancy review process for the SCRI.</p>
<p>All Specialty Crop Committee meetings are open to the public.</p>
<p>Attendees must register by contacting Shirley Morgan-Jordan at <a href="mailto:shirley.morgan@ars.usda.gov" target="_blank">shirley.morgan@ars.usda.gov</a> or call (202) 720-3684. A draft agenda will be sent upon request. At the end of each meeting day, the floor will be open for public comment, or interested individuals may provide written comment for the public record postmarked by October 17, 2014.</p>
<p>For additional information, please contact Michele Esch, Executive Director, REE Advisory Board Office, Room 332A, Whitten Building, U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, DC 20250-0321, Telephone: 202-720-3684, Fax: 202-720-6199, or e-mail: <a href="mailto:michele.esch@usda.gov" target="_blank">michele.esch@usda.gov</a>.</p>
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