New U.S. Pecan CouncilA domestic and global advocate for the U.S. pecan industry

摘要

On May 16, 2013, an historic event occurred for pecans. Up until that date, no group had been assembled that represented all segments of the U.S. pecan industry. On that date, the newly formed U.S. Pecan Council seated its first board of directors. This article is an account of its beginnings and future vision. In the summer of 2011, an ad hoc group of growers was called together by then National Pecan Growers Council president, Phillip Arnold, for the specific purpose of discussing the feasibility of an umbrella group to represent the entire U.S. pecan industry. Gathering at a DFW airport conference room were pecan folks from Georgia, New Mexico, Texas and Oklahoma. The consensus of the group reinforced the need for such an entity, but it was agreed that growers and shellers had to be united in support of the effort.