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Nominations open for USDA Pollinator Subcommittee and Specialty Crop Committee

Two beekeepers in protective clothing work with a bee hive.
Bees, wasps, flies, butterflies, moths, beetles, birds and bats help plants reproduce by carrying pollen from one flower to another.

The National Agricultural Research, Extension, Education, and Economics (NAREEE) Advisory Board is looking for nominations for their Pollinator Subcommittee by May 31 and Specialty Crop Committee by July 29. 

The NAREEE Advisory Board seeks members of academia, agriculture research, public health organizations, and agricultural societies interested in improving pollinator health and those who understand the breeding and genomics needed to improve crop characteristics. 

Nomination packages should be sent by email to nareee@usda.gov. For more information on the Board and the nomination process reach out to Kate Lewis, NAREEE Advisory Board executive director, at (202) 631-1434 or kate.lewis@usda.gov, or go to the USDA NAREEE website at https://nareeeab.ree.usda.gov/nominations.