Tuesday, March 29, 2022 – 10:00 AM ET

Hybrid Hearing 

Subcommittee on Biotechnology, Horticulture, and Research

RE: “A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Horticulture and Urban Agriculture”


Witness List

PANEL 1

The Honorable Jennifer Lester Moffitt, Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.

Mr. Terry Cosby, Chief, Natural Resources Conservation Service, Washington, D.C.



PANEL 2

Ms. Laura Batcha, Chief Executive Officer, Organic Trade Association, Washington, D.C.

Ms. Brie Reiter Smith, Vice President of Product Leadership, Driscoll's, Inc., on behalf of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, Watsonville, CA

Mr. Marc Oshima, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer, AeroFarms, Newark, NJ

Mr. Nate Olive, Owner, Ridge to Reef Farm, and President, Virgin Islands Farmers Alliance, Inc., St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

Mr. Bruce Kettler, Director, Indiana State Department of Agriculture, on behalf of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture, Indianapolis, Indiana