FV-650 929-Cranberry Mktng. Cmte. Member & Alternate Member Nom

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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

AGRICULTURAL MARKETING SERVICE

FRUIT AND VEGETABLE PROGRAM

CRANBERRY MARKETING COMMITTEE

MEMBER AND ALTERNATE MEMBER NOMINATION FORM

I hereby nominate the following person(s) as nominee(s) to serve on the Cranberry Marketing Committee (Committee) to represent growers from the Cranberry Marketing Order District No. ______ who are not from major cooperatives, during the two year term commencing August 1, 20___. Nominees will have their names placed on a ballot that will be voted on by growers who are not affiliated with major cooperatives from the Cranberry Marketing Order District No. _____, to determine which nominee(s) will be elected to serve as member(s) and alternate member(s), subject to final selection by the Secretary of Agriculture of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

NOMINEES

(PRINT NAMES)

I am a grower that produces cranberries in District No. ________. (Please specify District Number.)

District 1: the States of Massachusetts, Rhode Island and Connecticut; District 2: the States of New Jersey and Long Island in the State of New York; District 3: the States of Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota; and District 4: the States of Oregon and Washington.

Name of person making nomination

Signature of person making nomination

Nominations must be postmarked by _________ in order to be counted.

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FV-650 (Rev. 9/13. Destroy previous editions.)