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August 29, 2012
07:56 AM ET
We Need Your Input
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ANLA and OFA, in collaboration with SAF are leading an effort to evaluate current U.S. plant propagation and production certification programs and work to develop a single voluntary system that provides greater domestic and international shipping flexibility and improves production efficiency, while reducing the spread of pests and diseases. To accomplish this, an industry based working group has been established to drive the process and develop a program that is flexible and scalable.

To get input and opinions from an audience broader than just the working group ANLA has worked with a market research company to develop a brief survey. Results of the survey will help guide us in this effort by identifying some of the challenges as well as useful incentives that could be incorporated in a voluntary plant production program.

Please click here to take this 5-10 minute survey and help us in this effort.
Filed under: regulation • disease • pest
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Joe Bischoff
Dr. Joe Bischoff is ANLA's Director of Government Relations. Focused on legislative and regulatory issues connected to pest and disease management, Joe also works in collaboration with the Horticultural Research Institute (HRI), the research arm of ANLA, to develop and implement strategies for responding to new pest and disease challenges facing the industry. He was recently appointed to the Federal Invasive Species Advisory Committee (ISAC), serves on the Tier 2 Commodity Committee for the National Clean Plant Network – Fruit Trees, and is on the Research Committee of the National Ornamentals Research Site at Dominican University of California. Before joining the ANLA in February 2012, Dr. Bischoff was National Mycologist with the Animal Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) of the USDA.
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