{"id":189192,"date":"2023-12-21T09:56:09","date_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=189192"},"modified":"2023-12-21T09:56:09","modified_gmt":"2023-12-21T19:56:09","slug":"glenn-teves-appointed-to-usda-committee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2023\/12\/21\/glenn-teves-appointed-to-usda-committee\/","title":{"rendered":"USDA<\/abbr> taps UH<\/abbr> ag expert for key role in Native policies, initiatives"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> < 1<\/span> minute<\/span><\/span>
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Glenn Teves<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

After nearly four decades of service at the University of Â鶹´«Ã½,<\/span> Glenn Teves will take his years of experience to the national stage, playing an influential role on the Tribal Advisory Committee within the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA<\/abbr>).<\/p>\n

Teves, a former UH<\/abbr> Mānoa College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources<\/a> (CTAHR<\/abbr>) Cooperative Extension<\/a> agent on Molokaʻi,<\/span> was recently appointed to be a part of the Tribal Advisory Committee by U.S.<\/abbr> Sen.<\/abbr> Brian Schatz, chair of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.<\/p>\n

The Tribal Advisory Committee is tasked with offering expert counsel to the Secretary of Agriculture, contributing insights into Native equities within the USDA<\/abbr>'s framework. Additionally, the committee is required to develop an annual report to Congress, displaying the progress and challenges faced in Native-led agriculture.<\/p>\n

Schatz emphasized that Teves' insights would play a pivotal role in steering the USDA<\/abbr>'s initiatives to support Native-led agriculture on a national scale.<\/p>\n

“Mr. Teves has decades of experience practicing and promoting Native Hawaiian agriculture as a farmer, county extension agent and community advocate,” said Schatz. “The expertise he brings to the Tribal Advisory Committee will help guide USDA<\/abbr>’s work to support Native-led agriculture across the country, including subsistence farming and related cultural practices.”<\/p>\n

Read more at the CTAHR<\/abbr> website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Glenn Teves will be serving on the Tribal Advisory Committee to assist in steering the USDA<\/abbr>\u2019s initiatives to support Native-led agriculture.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[222,212,265,9],"class_list":["post-189192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-people","tag-agriculture","tag-college-of-tropical-agriculture-and-human-resilience","tag-cooperative-extension-service","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t