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Brad Mitchell is the deputy executive director of the Massachusetts Farm Bureau Federation, where he is responsible for the bureau's policy and government affairs programs. He is a former director of public affairs for Monsanto, where he led its Issues Management Team. Prior to that, Mr. Mitchell was the director of regulatory services at the Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources, where he managed a number of programs including those related to pesticides, animal health, dairy, plant industries, apiaries and mosquito control.