Virginia State Technical Committee
This advisory body plays a key role in supporting sustainable agriculture across the commonwealth and helps ensure that civil rights requirements of program delivery are met.
Overview
The State Technical Committee advises the NRCS state conservationist on developing guidelines for implementing conservation provisions of the Farm Bill. Membership includes representatives from federal and state conservation agencies, agricultural producers, Virginia Cooperative Extension, nonprofit organizations and agribusiness. Although this group has no implementation or enforcement authority, USDA gives strong consideration to the committee's recommendations.
Meetings are held virtually or in person on a quarterly basis or at the call of the state conservationist. All sessions are open to the public.
Partners represented include:
- 2020 Farmers Co-op
- Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley
- Alliance for the Shenandoah Valley
- American Farmland Trust
- Appalachian Mountains Joint Venture
- Appalachian Sustainable Development
- Black Family Land Trust
- Carlson Foley Enterprises LLC
- Carter Farms
- Cheroenhaka Indian Tribe
- Chesapeake Bay Commission
- Chesapeake Bay Foundation
- Chickahominy Indian Tribe
- Chickahominy Indian Tribe - Eastern Division
- Cobblestone Milk Cooperative
- Community Building Institute (CBI)
- Coastal Virginia Conservancy (CoVA)
- Cultural Heritage Partners PLLC
- Delmarva Chicken Association
- Delta Strategy Group
- Deputy Secretary of Natural Resources for the Chesapeake Bay
- Ducks Unlimited
- Ecosystem Services
- Foodshed Capital
- Friends of the Rappahannock River
- Ground Water Protection Council, Source Water Collaborative
- Groundwork Virginia
- Hampton Road Realtors® Association, SVP of Government & Regulatory Affairs
- Interstate Commission on the Potomac River Basin (ICPRB)
- JBO Conservation
- Kego Tank Farm
- Maryland-Virginia Milk Producers Co-op
- Mattaponi Indian Tribe
- Mattaponi Pamunkey Monacan Foundation
- Meadowview Strategies
- Monacan Indian Tribe
- Nansemond Indian Tribe
- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
- Nottaway Indian Tribe of Virginia
- Pamunkey Tribe
- Potomac Conservancy
- Patawomeck Indian Tribe of Virginia
- Piedmont Environmental Council
- Rappahannock Indian Tribe
- Rappahannock-Rapidan Regional Food Policy Council
- Shenandoah AREC
- Sustainable Chesapeake
- Sweet Briar College
- The Nature Conservancy
- Trout Unlimited
- Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
- U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
- U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
- U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
- U.S. Forest Service
- USDA Farm Service Agency
- Veterans Benefits Administration (VBAVACO)
- Virginia Agribusiness Council
- Virginia Association for Biological Farming
- Virginia Association of Counties
- Virginia Cattlemen's Association
- Virginia Conservation Network
- Virginia Cooperative Extension
- Virginia Corn Board
- Virginia Crop Production Association
- Virginia Departments of:
- Agriculture & Consumer Services
- Conservation & Recreation (Division of Soil & Water Conservation, Natural Heritage, Office of Land Conservation)
- Environmental Quality
- Forestry
- Health
- Wildlife Resources
- Virginia Farm Bureau Federation
- Virginia Forestry Association
- Virginia Forests & Water Partnership
- Virginia FSA State Committee
- Virginia Institute of Marine Science
- Virginia Marine Resources Commission
- Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association
- Virginia Outdoors Foundation
- Virginia Peanut Grower's Association
- Virginia Pork Council
- Virginia Poultry Federation
- Virginia Section of the American Water Works Association (VA AWWA)
- Virginia Society of Ornithology
- Virginia Soil Health Coalition
- Virginia Soil & Water Conservation Districts
- Virginia Soybean Association
- Virginia State Dairymen's Association
- Virginia State University
- Virginia Tech - CSES
- Virginia Tech - College of Natural Resources
- Virginia Waterfowlers Association
- Virginia Working Landscapes (VWL)
- Winfield Farms