Farm Bill Stakeholder Listening Session

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Farm Bill Stakeholder Listening Session

The following news release was published by the U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service on March 7, 2014. It is reproduced in full below.

You are Invited to Participate in a

Listening Session on Changes in the Farm Bill Related to USDA International Food Assistance Programs

Hosted by the Foreign Agricultural Service

All interested parties are invited to participate in a Foreign Agricultural Service (FAS) listening session related to changes to USDA international food assistance programs in the recently passed Farm Bill. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack is committed to implementing all the Farm Bill changes as efficiently as possible, with maximum transparency. FAS Administrator Phil Karsting will outline changes to FAS food assistance programs and stakeholders will have an opportunity to offer their views.

Wednesday, March 12, 2014

1 - 3 p.m.

Room 5066

USDA South Building

1400 Independence Ave., SW

Washington, D.C. 20250

(Please use Wing 4 entrance on Independence Avenue)

To call in, dial: (888) 844-9904

Access Code: 5042982

RSVP by 2 p.m. on Monday, March 10, to Sharena.Troxler@fas.usda.gov

or (202) 720-4221

Source: U.S. Department of Agriculture Foreign Agricultural Service

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