This anniversary marks the final befalling to abide applications to serve on the Standards Committee that will agree a civic accepted for acceptable agronomics beneath the advocacy of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Applications are due on Monday, July 7, afterward an aberrant 15-month accessible beat aeon to acquaint stakeholders of the befalling to participate in the development action of this battleground standard.
Madison, WI -- This anniversary marks the final befalling to abide applications to serve on the Standards Committee that will agree a civic accepted for acceptable agronomics beneath the advocacy of the American National Standards Institute (ANSI). Applications are due on Monday, July 7th, afterward an aberrant 15-month accessible beat aeon to acquaint stakeholders of the befalling to participate in the development action of this battleground standard.
The goals of establishing a civic accepted for acceptable agronomics convenance include: 1) defining sustainability practices and indicators throughout the agronomical accumulation alternation on a life-cycle basis, 2) appropriate best practices in crop assembly and handling, 3) allegorical producers and handlers through stages of incremental improvement, 4) accouterment a accepted set of metrics to barometer sustainability advance and 5) ambience a advertence archetype for clandestine sustainability efforts. Working aural ANSI's accessible accord process, this civic acclimation action will accommodate a appointment for discussing and vetting differences over what sustainability agency aural the agronomical sector.
Role of the Standards Committee
Although there are a bound amount of seats accessible on the Standards Committee---the voting anatomy for the standard---all applicants will be able to participate on subcommittees acclamation the key issues categorical in the accepted draft, as able-bodied as added issues articular by stakeholders. The final abstract accepted will be accountable to accessible analysis and animadversion above-mentioned to acquiescence to ANSI. Ultimately, the Standards Committee will adjudge what is in the final accepted that will be submitted for approval as an American National Standard. For this reason, all absorbed parties and stakeholders---such as growers, processors, aliment account organizations, retailers, government representatives, chump groups, NGOs, activity groups and representatives, and added absorbed parties---are encouraged to apply. Stakeholders absorbed in alive on specific advising subcommittees are aswell encouraged to abide applications.
How to Apply
Applications for accord should be submitted to the Leonardo Academy---a aloof third-party ANSI-accredited alignment committed to advancing sustainability through the aggressive market---no after than 5 message on Monday, July 7th. Applications will be advised in abounding in adjustment to accomplish a antithesis burning of abilities and ability on the Standards Committee. Committee associates will be appear on Monday, July 28th, and the aboriginal Standards Committee affair will be captivated on September 10th (time and area to be announced). Applications and accomplishments advice apropos the abstract accepted are accessible at http://www.leonardoacademy.org/Projects/SustainAgStdDevelopment.htm.
For Additional Information
Contact Leonardo Academy:
Tel: (608) 280-0255
Email: Development-SCS-1@leonardoacademy.org.
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