The Agriculture Standards Committee meets around two to three times per year. We aim to have a wide and representative spread of appropriate expertise on the committee together with consumer and public interest representatives. The Agriculture Standards Committee's remit is to develop and keep under review our agriculture standards and to deal with any relevant issues referred to the committee from licensees, Soil Association members, the public or our certification department. Agendas and minutes of meetings: We like to keep our standards setting process as transparent as possible. To view the last meetings' agendas, please visit the links below. AgSC 24/09/08 [PDF, 37 KB] AgSC 10/04/08 [PDF, 47 KB] AgSC 24/10/07 [PDF, 40 KB] To view the last meetings' minutes, please visit the links below: AgSC 24/09/08 [PDF, 41 KB] AgSC 10/04/08 [PDF, KB] AgSC 24/10/07 [PDF, 55 KB] Issues that have arisen in recent meetings: Anaerobic digestion Abattoir standards Converted breeding stock Outcome based standards Current committee members and their expertise: John Newman: Chair, licensee - dairy, cereals, lamb, beef, pork, eggs, soft fruit and vegetables farmer John Avizienius: RSPCA Karl Barton: Licensee - dairy, beef, sheep and pig farmer Phil Brooke: Compassion in World Farming Caspar Bush: Licensee - dairy and beef farmer Shiamala Comer: Licensee - beef and sheep farmer Giles Henry: Licensee - beef, poultry and sheep farmer Adrian Koster: Advisor Chris Lewis: Veterinary surgeon Ade Mafo: Licensee - Feed mill Mark Measures: Advisor Peter Plate: Veterinary surgeon Peter Savidge: Organic dairy co-operative Jean Semylyen: Soil Association member representative Christopher Stopes: Organic consultant Bill Yeats: Licensee - poultry farmer and chair of poultry working group This page will be updated as changes to the Agriculture Standards Committee arise. The next committee meeting will be held in late Spring 2009. Date tbc. For more information, please contact Liz Austin at eaustin@soilassociation.org.