Senate Hearing on Organic
Senate Committee
on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry:
"The National Organic Law at 20: Sowing Seeds for a Bright Future"
September 15, 2010
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Witness List
Hon. Kathleen Merrigan,
Deputy Secretary of Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture,
Merrigan Testimony
Ms. Regina Beidler,
Beidler Family Farm,
Organic Valley/CROPP Cooperative and Board of Directors, NOFA Vermont,
Randolph Center, VT
Beidler Testimony
Mr. Will Harris,
White Oak Pastures,
President, Georgia Organics Board of Directors,
Bluffton, GA
Harris Testimony
Mr. Michael Sligh,
Founding Chairman of USDA National Organic Standards Board,
on behalf of the National Organic Coalition,
Pittsboro, NC
Sligh Testimony Part I
Ms. Sarah Bird,
Senior Vice President of Marketing, Annie’s Homegrown,
and Vice President, Organic Trade Association Board of Directors,
Napa, CA
Bird Testimony



