Amanda Beal, the commissioner of the Maine Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, was elected to serve a one-year term as NEASDA president on June 7 at the 2023 Northeastern Association of State Departments of Agriculture Regional Meeting held in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire.
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NEASDA is a regional association that brings together the commissioners, secretaries and directors of Agriculture from 10 states in the Northeastern region: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, and Vermont. NEASDA plays a role in influencing agricultural policies and fostering collaboration among states, federal entities, and other stakeholders. NEASDA is a regional association of the National Association of State Departments of Agriculture (NASDA), founded in 1916. Beal also serves on the NASDA board of directors.
As president, Beal will leverage her deep agriculture and policy experience and collaborative leadership style to address the evolving challenges and opportunities faced by the Northeastern agricultural community in support of a more vibrant sector.
“NASDA congratulates Commissioner Beal on her new role as NEASDA president. Having worked closely with her as a NASDA board member, I know she will lead the organization to a make a meaningful difference for farmers and communities in the region. Her presidency also means that next year’s NEASDA meeting will be hosted in Maine, a location many of us will look forward to attending,” said Ted McKinney, CEO of NASDA.
Beal was also reelected on June 7 to serve a second one-year term as board president of Food Export-Northeast, a nonprofit organization created in 1973 as a cooperative effort between 10 Northeastern state agricultural promotion agencies and the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Foreign Agricultural Service.
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