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National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics Advisory Board
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Specialty Crop Committee

The Specialty Crop Committee (SCC) was established by the Executive Committee of the NAREEE Advisory Board. The Specialty Crop Committee is a permanent committee of the Board.  

The SCC studies the scope and effectiveness of USDA’s research, extension, and economics programs affecting the specialty crop industry -- USDA Definition of Specialty Crop.

The SCC provides consultation on NIFA’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative, which awards grants to support research and extension that address key challenges of national, regional, and multi-state importance in sustaining all components of food and agriculture, including conventional and organic food production systems. 

Members

Carlos Iglesias
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC
Term: second, ends FY 2025 on 9/30/2025
Carlos Messina
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Term: first, ends FY 2027 on 9/30/27
Casey Foster
Nebraska Department of Agriculture
Lincoln, NE
Term: first, ends FY 2027 on 9/30/27
Donnell Brown
National Grape Research Alliance
Sacramento, CA
Term: first, ends FY 2025 on 9/30/2025
Gregory Goins
North Carolina A&T University
Greensboro, NC
Term: first, ends FY 2025 on 9/30/2025
Jack Karlin (Chair)
Turfgrass Water Conservation Alliance
Corvallis, OR
Term: first, ends FY2027 on 9/30/27
Lorin Harvey
North MS Research and Extension Center/Pontotoc Ridge-Flatwood Branch Experiment Center
Pontotoc, MS
Term: first, ends FY2027 on 9/30/27

Meetings

Fiscal year 2024