Membership Categories

The NAREEE Advisory Board is statutorily required to have fifteen appointed members from the following categories:

3 members representing National Farm or Producer Organizations, which may include members:

1. representing farm cooperatives;
2. who are a food animal commodity producer recommended by a national livestock organization;
3. who are a plant commodity producer recommended by a national crop organization; or
4. who are an aquaculture producer recommended by a national aquaculture organization.

2 members representing Academic or Research Societies, which may include members representing:

1. national food animal science society;
2. national crop, soil, agronomy, horticulture, plant pathology, or weed science society;
3. national food science organization;
4. national human health association; or
5. national nutritional science society.

5 members representing Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education, which shall include each of the following:

1. 1 member representing the 1862 land-grant colleges and universities.
2. 1 member representing the 1890 land-grant colleges and universities, including Tuskegee University.
3. 1 member representing the 1994 Equity in Education land-grant institution
4. 1 member representing non-land grant colleges of agriculture (NLGCA) institutions or Hispanic-serving institutions.
5. 1 member representing American colleges of veterinary medicine.

5 members representing Industry, Consumer, or Rural Interests, which may include members representing:

1. transportation of food and agricultural products to domestic and foreign markets;
2. food retailing and marketing interests;
3. food and fiber processors;
4. rural economic development interests;
5. a national consumer interest group;
6. a national forestry group;
7. a national conservation or natural resource group;
8. a national social science association;
9. private sector organizations involved in international development; or
10. a national association of agricultural economists.