This is a message from the MISA Board of Directors Nominations Committee.
We seek your help in identifying individuals potentially willing to serve on the Board of Directors for the Minnesota Institute for Sustainable Agriculture (MISA). The purpose of MISA is to bring together the diverse interests of the agricultural community with interests from across the University community in a cooperative effort to develop and promote sustainable agriculture in Minnesota and beyond. A term on the MISA Board is three years. You may nominate yourself or someone else to serve on the Board.
Beginning in the Summer of 2021, the following vacancies on the Board will be filled:
One (1) representative of the sustainable agriculture community (e.g., non-governmental organizations, business, government and citizen representatives
Three (3) representatives of the university community with a demonstrated interest in sustainable agriculture (e.g. faculty, staff, students, Extension,)
Two (2) representatives of the farming community with a demonstrated interest in sustainable agriculture (farmers, ranchers)
We seek to have the board reflect diversity, especially with respect to gender, race, student status, geographic area, and occupation in the membership on the Board.
Please submit the application or nomination form to the MISA office by 4:30 p.m., Friday, April 21, 2021.
Please visit our web site (
www.misa.umn.edu) or contact the MISA office if you have any questions.