EPA names Agricultural Advisory Committee members

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new members of the Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities Committee (FRRCC) for its 2012-2014 term. The FRRCC is an independent committee that advises EPA on a wide range of environmental issues that are important to agriculture and rural communities.

Committee members were selected from a large number of applicants responding to a request for nominations published in the Federal Register on Feb. 13, 2012. New members include representatives from the academic community, industry, non-governmental organizations, and state, local and tribal governments. They include:

Dr. Steven Balling (Chair)
Del Monte Foods
Walnut Creek, California

Mr. David Petty (Deputy Chair)
Iowa River Ranch
Eldora, Iowa

Ms. Peggy Beltrone
Exergy Integrated Systems
Great Falls, Montana

Dr. Lori Berger
California Specialty Crops Council
Tulare, California

Mr. George Boggs
Whatcom Conservation District
Lynden, Washington

Dr. A. Richard Bonanno
Department of Plant, Soil, and Insect Science
University of Massachusetts
Methuen, Massachusetts

Mr. Daniel Botts
Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association
Maitland, Florida

Mr. Charles Bowling
Bunker Hill Farm
Newburg, Maryland

Senator Michael Brubaker
Senate of Pennsylvania
Lititz, Pennsylvania

Dr. Robert Burns
University of Tennessee Extension Service
Knoxville, Tennessee

Mr. Robert Carlson
National Farmers Union
Jamestown, North Dakota

Mr. Lawrence Clark
Farm Pilot Project Coordination
Alexandria, Virginia

Mr. James Ford
Square "O" Consulting
Hermitage, Tennessee

Ms. Suzy Friedman
Environmental Defense Fund
Washington, D.C.

Mr. Omar Garza
Texas Mexico Border Coalition
San Isidro, Texas

Mr. Archie Hart
North Carolina Department of Agriculture
Raleigh, North Carolina

Mr. Patrick Johnson
Cypress Brake Planting Company
Tunica, Mississippi

Mr. Philip Korson
Cherry Marketing Institute
Lansing, Michigan

Mr. Paul Martin
Spear Six Ranch
Petaluma, California

Mr. W. Thomas McDonald
JBS Five Rivers Cattle Feeding
Dalhart, Texas

Dr. Janis McFarland
Syngenta Crop Protection
Greensboro, North Carolina

Mr. Steve McNinch
Western Plains Energy
Colby, Kansas

Secretary Bill Northey
Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship
Des Moines, Iowa

Dr. Jennie Popp
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness
University of Arkansas
Fayetteville, Arkansas

Dr. Anusuya Rangarajan
Small Farms Program
Cornell University
Ithaca, New York

Mr. Robert Rynning
Rynning Farm
Kennedy, Minnesota

Dr. Larry Sanders
Department of Agricultural Economics
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Ms. Cheryl Shippentower
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla
Pendleton, Oregon

Dr. Ann Sorensen
Center for Agriculture in the Environment
American Farmland Trust
DeKalb, Illinois

Mr. Donn Teske
Donn Teske Farm
McPherson, Kansas

Mr. Dennis Treacy
Smithfield Foods
Smithfield, Virginia

Designated Federal Officer
Alicia Kaiser
Office of the Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
MC 1101A
1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20460
Phone: (202) 564-7273
E-mail: kaiser.alicia@epa.gov
Fax: (202) 564-2889

The FRRCC will operate under the rules of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA). As required by FACA, the FRRCC will hold open meetings and expects to meet approximately two times each year, generally in Washington, D.C. 

More information on the FRRCC: http://epa.gov/ofacmo/frrcc/index.html