The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) seeks nominees for the National Mango Board. Nominees are needed to fill six member seats with terms beginning, Jan. 1, 2026, and ending Dec. 31, 2028.
The deadline for nominations is Feb. 28, 2025, for the following seats:
- District III- two importers
- District IV- one importer
- Three foreign producers
District III includes Nogales, Arizona; Great Falls, Montana; Pembina, North Dakota; and El Paso, Texas.
District IV includes Anchorage, Alaska; Los Angeles, California; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Honolulu, Hawaii; Columbia-Snake, Oregon; and Seattle, Washington.
The board is made up of 18 industry members including eight importers, seven foreign producers, two domestic producers, and one first handler. More information about the board is available on the AMS National Mango Board webpage and on the board’s website, www.mango.org. For additional information, contact USDA Marketing Specialist Deanna Bakken at deanna.bakken@usda.govor 970-652-0923.
AMS policy is that diversity of the boards, councils and committees it oversees should reflect the diversity of its industries in terms of the experience of members, methods of production and distribution, marketing strategies, and other distinguishing factors, including but not limited to individuals from historically underserved communities, who will bring different perspectives and ideas to the table. Throughout the full nomination process, the industry must conduct extensive outreach, paying particular attention to reaching underserved communities, and consider the diversity of the population served and the knowledge, skills and abilities of the members to serve a diverse population.
Since 1966, Congress has authorized industry-funded research and promotion boards to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool resources and combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct important research and promotion activities. The Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) provides oversight to 22 boards. The oversight ensures fiscal accountability and program integrity and is paid for by industry assessments.
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