On November 19, NAEGA and the National Grain and Feed Association hosted a meeting of the Value-Added Coalition (VAC) at their offices in Arlington, VA. The coalition is a group of supply chain stakeholders with a joint interest in responsible stewardship of production technologies. During this meeting, the coalition met with U.S. government representatives from the U.S. Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to discuss plant-based biotechnology and plant-breeding innovations, including revisions to Part 340 regulations.