Doyen reappointed to USPB
MAPLETON — Keith Doyen of Mapleton was recently reappointed to serve a three-year term on the United States Potato Board (USPB) beginning March 1, 2013, and ending Feb. 29, 2016.
Authorized under the 1971 Potato Research and Promotion Act, the National Potato Promotion Board, doing business as the United States Potato Board, is composed of growers, importers and a public member appointed by the secretary. Grower members are nominated at state and local grower meetings and by mail ballot. Each state is entitled to at least one producer member, and additional members are allotted on the basis of the volume of production.
Doyen was officially reappointed Dec. 6, 2012 by United States Secretary of Agriculture Thomas J. Vilsack.
