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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

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Paul Shapiro Vice President of Policy Engagement The Humane Society of the United States Jeff Vallet, Ph.D. (USDA‐ARS) moderating

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

THANK YOU

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 3

Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 4

Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

“We heard loud and clear that consumers don’t think that a conventional cage the size of a podium for two years is enough. It isn’t enough. It’s ridiculous.”

—Chad Gregory, UEP President

“2015: The Year of the Cage-Free Hen”

“Everyone’s Going Cage-Free” “Are Cage-Free Eggs the Future?”

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production” The comments and opinions expressed herein are those of individual stakeholders made publicly and do not necessarily represent those of USDA 6

Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

“It’s no longer a discussion about whether to convert egg production from cage to cage‐free operations, but rather when it will happen.”

• National School Lunch Program
• Surplus buy‐ups
• Food and Nutrition Service
• Economic Research Service

How Can the Agency Help the Industry?

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David E. Starling American Veterinary Medical Association Oral / no slides

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Tad Sonstegard, Ph.D. Chief Scientific Officer Acceligen

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Advanced Breeding: Precise Gene Editing for Animal Welfare & Sustainable Productivity

Tad Sonstegard

CSO of Acceligen

• St. Paul, MN USA 55104

tad@recombinetics.com

USDA‐OSEC| 28 FEB| Washington DC 2017

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Welcome to the Gene‐Editing Revolution

Transformative Technology in the News

Time The New York Times The Economist National Geographic Nature The Spectator Science Wired European Technology MIT Technology Review PRECISION BREEDING w/ EDITING PLANT, ANIMAL, MICROBE, ETC.

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RCI and its collaborators utilize proprietary, pioneering methods for precision breeding to provide natural livestock disease resistance, improve food productivity and enhance animal welfare in beef, dairy, pork and poultry production.

• Reduce or eliminate use of antibiotics, vaccines and surgical production practices
• Address animal welfare, while simultaneously meeting market demand for drug‐free animal proteins
• Increase meat and dairy yields with reduced input and production costs – and reduced environmental impact
• Enable humane, localized production through precise gender selection and genetic diversity optimized for specific

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Joanna Grossman Senior Policy Specialist The Good Food Institute

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Joanna Grossman, Ph.D. Senior Policy Specialist The Future of Protein: Blending Markets and Food Technology to Solve Some of the World’s Biggest Problems

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

O UR FO O D SYSTEM IS BRO KEN ENVIRO NMENT

Animal agriculture is “one of the ... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global”; contributes to "problems

• f land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water

shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”

United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow

Animal agriculture

• is one of “the most significant

contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global”

• contributes to “problems of land

degradation, climate change and air pollution, water shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity” “Livestock’s Long Shadow” –The United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization

O UR FO O D SYSTEM IS BRO KEN ENVIRO NMENT

Animal agriculture is “one of the ... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global”; contributes to "problems

• f land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water

shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”

United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

O UR FO O D SYSTEM IS BRO KEN ENVIRO NMENT

Animal agriculture is “one of the ... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global”; contributes to "problems

• f land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water

shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”

United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow

O UR FO O D SYSTEM IS BRO KEN ENVIRO NMENT

Animal agriculture is “one of the ... most significant contributors to the most serious environmental problems, at every scale from local to global”; contributes to "problems

• f land degradation, climate change and air pollution, water

shortage and water pollution, and loss of biodiversity.”

United Nations Food & Agriculture Organization, Livestock’s Long Shadow

Plant‐based meats are in the early stages of a macro trend, similar to the way soy and almond milk changed the milk category. —Robert Gamgort, CEO, Pinnacle Foods

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

Jeff Vallet, Ph.D. (USDA‐ARS) Moderated Questions and Discussion Time Paul Shapiro David E. Starling Tad Sonstegard Joanna Grossman reminder: if no live comments, go to WebEx chat

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Stakeholder presentations for the USDA‐OCS March 2, 2017 public listening session “Visioning of United States Agricultural Systems for Sustainable Production”

What did you not hear today?

• What are the major strengths of current agricultural systems that are important to

maintain in future systems?

• What are the major weaknesses of current agricultural systems that could be improved
• n in future systems?
• What are the major opportunities for agricultural systems of the future? How can

technology and scientific findings facilitate these?

• What are the major threats for agricultural systems of the future?
• What research will be needed and how can this be accelerated?
• What infrastructure will be needed?
• What changes will be needed for new systems to succeed?
• How can we educate the next generation to solve these challenges?

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