The California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee, Sacramento, is conducting grower elections.
Ballots were mailed Aug. 20 and should be returned to the U.S. Department of Agriculture postmarked no later than Sept. 7. Candidates who are eligible but were not nominated can submit their names as write-in candidates, according to a news release.
Kiwifruit growers who supply the fresh market, and their employees, are eligible candidates.
The nominations are for members and alternate members whose terms expire July 1, 2022, and to fill vacant seats in alternate member positions for the current term, which ends July 31, 2021, according to the release.
The kiwifruit committee administers the federal marketing order for kiwifruit. There are 10 growers and alternates, a public member and alternate.
Direct questions to the California Kiwifruit Administrative Committee at 916-441-0678 or calkiwi@agamsi.com.
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