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Don Emlay

Regulatory Affairs and Compliance

Mr. Emlay has a total of 30 years of regulatory experience with consumer, industrial and transgenic plant products. While with Zoecon during the period from 1973 to 1987, he worked exclusively with the EPA in obtaining approvals for the first insect growth regulators to be registered for homeowner and pest control applications. For the past 17 years, he has worked exclusively in the plant biotechnology area.

As vice president of regulatory affairs with Calgene Inc. from 1987 through 2000, he was active in the initial development of guidance for industry and regulatory agencies for transgenic plants. He led the team of scientists, lawyers and regulatory specialists that brought the first genetically engineered whole food through the USDA and FDA regulatory approval processes. Subsequent to completing the FDA consultation and USDA de-regulation processes for the FLAVR SAVR tomato, he led the completion of the processes for BXN Cotton (tolerant to the herbicide bromoxynil) and Laurate Canola (canola containing a high level of lauric acid). He has extensive experience working with research, product development, marketing, and production groups to ensure planning considers and addresses regulatory requirements.

While at Calgene, Mr. Emlay was directly involved with the design and implementation of media and public relations plans associated with transgenic plant products in general and Calgene's products. He worked with BIO and the International Food Biotechnology Council to guide and shape political and public opinion about transgenic plant products and provides scientific guidance to regulatory agencies. He was active in government relations for Calgene and through BIO.

As a consultant beginning in 2000, Mr. Emlay provided guidance to companies developing input trait products and high-value output products. In this role, he provided counsel in the areas of research, product development, production and regulatory procedures to ensure product registerability and acceptance by customers and the public. He worked with all parties involved in the development of a new product to provide the procedures and data required by the FDA to obtain approval of the finished product and by the USDA for commercial growing.

Reducing Nitrogen
Usage

Arcadia Biosciences has conducted field trials in five growing seasons. In each field trial, Nitrogen Use Efficiency (NUE) canola demonstrated that it can achieve high yields using significantly less nitrogen fertilizer than conventional varieties. In the chart above, note that NUE canola yielded 2800 lb/ac using two-thirds less nitrogen fertilizer than the conventional variety needed to generate the same yield.