At its September 25-26, 2008 meeting, the Sustainable Agriculture Standards Committee agreed to set aside the SCS-001 draft standard in the interest of coming together and working toward a common goal for agricultural sustainability. The draft standard was set aside as one of many reference documents that will be considered in the further development of a sustainable agriculture standard. As part of that decision, the Committee authorized the formation of six Task Forces to chart the process that will be used in the development of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard:
Although each Task Force had a specific mission, the overall purpose of the Task Force work was to gather additional resources and data to guide the further development of the Sustainable Agriculture Standard and to engage additional stakeholders in the process. The findings and recommendations from the Task Force efforts were reported, reviewed and voted on by the full Standards Committee at its May 27-28, 2009 meeting in St. Charles, IL.
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