National Mango Board working with mango producers, industry members

The National Mango Board (NMB) is collaborating internationally with the top six importing countries and domestically at the ports of entry with industry members to bring the latest knowledge straight to mango producers and importers. The NMB has nine international Mango Producer Extension Workshops plus an additional six domestic Industry Outreach Meetings scheduled this year.

The NMB’s Extension Workshops and Outreach Meetings provide industry members and mango producers with the latest information on Marketing programs and updates, Research program developments such as Mango Food Safety and the Ripe and Ready to Eat Mango program, and Industry Relations efforts. The NMB meetings create spaces for critical conversations about how the NMB is working with the industry to improve mango quality and superiority in the U.S. marketplace to help increase consumption.

The Producer Extension Workshops schedule is as follows:

April 8-12, 2014 – Boca del Rio, Veracruz, Mexico
June 11-12, 2014 – Piura, Peru
July 14-15, 2014 – Acapulco, Guerreo, Mexico
July 23-24, 2014 – Juazeiro/Petrolina, Brazil
August 7-8, 2014 – Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico
August 12-13, 2014 – Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
September 4-5, 2014 – Guayaquil, Ecuador
October 8, 2014 – Port-au-Prince, Haiti
December 10-11, 2014 – Guatemala (city TBD)

The Domestic Industry Outreach Meetings schedule is as follows:

April 24, 2014 – McAllen, TX
May 1, 2014 – Los Angeles, CA
Week of May 26, 2014 – Nogales, AZ
July 15, 2014 – Pompano Beach, FL
July 16, 2014 – Miami, FL
October 18, 2014 – Anaheim, CA (PMA)

“In today’s business landscape, it is important to work together, directly with mango producers and industry members to deliver the latest information and research in order to continue to provide outstanding quality mangos to consumers,” stated Kristine Concepción, NMB Director of Industry Relations.

For more information on the Industry Outreach Meetings and Mango Producer Extension Workshops, please visit the Industry section of www.mango.org.

For more information:
Lucy Keith
FleishmanHillard
Tel: +1 (512) 495-7174
Email: lucy.keith@fleishman.com
fleishmanhillard.com