Source: USDA, 6/2/22 Editor's Note: If anyone has questions or a potential nominee, they can contact Lisa Prince, NC Egg Assoc. Exec. Director, at 919-906-0067 or ncegg.org. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) is seeking nominees for the American Egg Board (Board) to fill 10 member and nine alternate member vacancies. One appointed member will serve a one-year term due to a resignation and the remaining nine members and nine alternate members will serve two-year terms beginning March 2023 and ending March 2025. The deadline for nominations is Friday, August 5, 2022. Any egg producers
owning 75,000 or more laying hens may be nominated by a certified eligible
operation. USDA will select appointees from the nominated producers. Nomination forms, a
list of the three areas and the certified eligible operations within each area
are available on the AMS American Egg Board webpage. The Board is composed
of 18 members and 18 alternates and administers the egg research and promotion
program authorized by the Egg Research and Consumer Information Act of 1974.
For more information, contact Barbara Josselyn at (202) 713-6918 or Barbara.Josselyn@usda.gov. Since 1966, Congress
has authorized the development of industry-funded research and promotion boards
to provide a framework for agricultural industries to pool their resources and
combine efforts to develop new markets, strengthen existing markets and conduct
important research and promotion activities. AMS provides oversight of 22
boards, paid for by industry assessments, which helps ensure fiscal
accountability and program integrity. AMS policy is that
diversity of the boards, councils and committees it oversees should reflect the
diversity of their 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, that 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.
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