Stevia First Corporation announced the appointment of Dr. J. Jeremiah Mann Ph.D. in the role of Senior Agronomist and Vice President of Operations. Since 2011, Dr. Mann has held the position of Agronomist with the U.S.D.A., Natural Resource Conservation Service, at the California Plant Material Center in Lockeford, CA. In this role he managed all farm operations at the center while providing state wide consulting services to NRCS field offices on agronomic, re-vegetation/restoration, and vegetation management topics.