Alliance For Food And Farming Bolsters Management Board
March 13, 2015 The Alliance for Food and Farming (AFF) has appointed Mike Stuart, president of the Florida Fruit and Vegetable Association (FFVA), to serve on the organization’s Management Board.
The AFF works to provide credible food safety information to consumers, aiding in fruit and vegetable purchasing decisions.
“FFVA has been a strong and consistent supporter of the AFF and we look forward to having Mike’s input and participation as we work to advance the organization’s goals,” says Matt McInerney, executive vice president of Western Growers and the AFF’s Board chairman.
Stuart joins Markon Cooperative’s President Tim York who also was recently appointed to the AFF Board.
“Over the last five years, the AFF has provided so much information to consumers about the safety of all produce – organic and conventional – and we are seeing the positive results of that science-based approach,” Stuart says. “I look forward to joining my colleagues on the AFF Board as we continue to advance the organization’s objectives and positively influence consumption of these healthy products.”
Stuart has served for more than three decades as an association executive representing growers and shippers in California, Arizona, and Florida. He became president of the FFVA in 1992.
Stuart currently serves as a co-chairman of the Specialty Crop Farm Bill Alliance, as a member of the Advisory Board to the Center for Produce Safety, and a member of the Agricultural Policy Advisory Committee (APAC) for Trade, a private sector advisory group to both the Secretary of Agriculture and the United States Trade Representative.
He is a past chairman of the Produce for Better Health Foundation, a former director of both the United Fresh Produce Association and the Produce Marketing Association, and a former appointee to the USDA Fruit and Vegetable Industry Advisory Committee.
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