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Scott J. Soares has worked for the Department of Agricultural Resources
since 1996 and during that time has served in a variety of capacities.
Hired as the Commonwealth’s first Aquaculture Coordinator, Scott’s work
to develop and implement the Aquaculture Development Program has enabled
continued growth, diversification and expansion of aquatic cultivation
in Massachusetts. Through the innumerable collaborative relationships that
were developed as a result of his work, a variety of important opportunities
have been developed and seized upon by the aquatic cultivation sector,
including agricultural industry promotion, market support and environmental
enhancement programs that allow aquacultural enterprises to operate in
an economically and environmentally responsible manner. Most recently his
work has broadened to include a brief tenure as Acting Director of Agricultural
Development, work as the agency’s key contact for Agricultural Commission
development and collaboration with the Accelerated Conservation Planning
Partnership that works to enhance the delivery of conservation planning
services to Massachusetts farms by the Massachusetts Association of Conservation
Districts, the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service and the Massachusetts
Department of Agricultural Resources. Mr. Soares also served as the Building
Manager for the Massachusetts State Exposition Building in West Springfield
where more than 1million visitors are anually treated to a taste of Massachusetts
during the “Big E”. Scott is also proud to have served as co-chair with
Secretary of Energy and Environmental Affairs Ian Bowles for the Massachusetts
Dairy Farm Revitlization Task Force during his 11 month tenure as Acting
Commissioner of Agricultural Resources. After seven years of active and
reserve service to the U.S. Army, Scott graduated Cum Laude from the University
of Massachusetts Dartmouth with a double major in Biology and Marine Biology
and obtained graduate training at the University of Rhode Island, he resides
in Dartmouth with his fiancé.
Scott Soares
Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources
251 Causeway Street, Suite 500
Boston, MA 02114-2151
617-626-1703
Scott.Soares@state.ma.us
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