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Fresh Pear Committee elections
March 10 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm PDT
Elections for a Mid-Columbia District Handler member and two alternates to the Fresh Pear Committee (FPC) of Marketing Order #927 are scheduled to be held at noon on March 10, 2025, at the Columbia Gorge Fruit Growers Shipper Meeting to be held at the CGFG Offices located at 2835 Van Horn, Hood River, Oregon. The meeting will be in-person and will be hosted and moderated by Mike Doke.
Only Fresh Pear Handlers from the Mid-Columbia District (includes Hood River and Wasco counties in the state of Oregon and the counties of Skamania and Klickitat in the state of Washington) are eligible to nominate and vote in this election. The positions to be filled include: Member position held by Nathan Duckwall, the 1st Alternate position held by Devon Wells and the 2nd Alternate position held by Lee Lage.
These three positions are eligible for re-election since they have served 1 out of 3 possible consecutive terms. Names of those elected will be submitted to the United States Secretary of Agriculture for official appointment to the committee and will serve for a two-year term beginning July 1, 2025.
Among other duties, the Fresh Pear Committee is responsible for setting the assessment rates for research and promotion and advertising of all pears grown in Washington and Oregon marketed in the domestic and export markets.
The committee encourages women, minorities, and the physically challenged, who qualify as pear growers/handlers, to attend and participate in the nomination proceedings.