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Jun 20, 2013
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that ASA past-President and current Board member Alan Kemper has been reappointed to serve a second, two-year term on its Advisory Committee on Biotechnology and 21st Century Agriculture (AC21). Kemper has served on AC21 since 2011.
The committee is charged with examining the long-term impacts of biotechnology on the U.S. food and agriculture system and USDA, and providing guidance to USDA on issues related to the application of biotechnology in agriculture. The AC21 is a broad-based committee representing a wide range of interests and agricultural expertise.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has charged AC21 members with focusing on a specific topic in the near term: to develop practical recommendations for strengthening coexistence among different agricultural production methods.
