Strategic Plan 2017-2020 APSA Pre-Harvest Meeting August 2, 2017 Lake Blackshear Resort
Our Mission Doing our part in creating a healthier world. we grow awareness of the health and wellness benefits of peanuts and peanut products through targeted research and communication. Created May 24, 2017
Mission & Guiding Principles Doing our part in creating a healthier world... we grow awareness of the health and wellness benefits of peanuts and peanut products through targeted research and communication. These principles guide the work of The Peanut Institute... We facilitate and monitor research that advances the scientific understanding of the link between peanuts and good health. We actively develop and promote the health and wellness messages of peanuts to targeted audiences. We balance our research and communication efforts based on a thoughtful review of need, resources, and potential impact. We are a strong voice for the health and wellness messages of peanuts, and we serve as a valued resource to our industry partners worldwide. We create and facilitate forums to ensure dialogue with manufacturers and other industry partners on health and wellness issues and consumer trends. * Peanuts include peanut products (i.e. peanut butter, peanut oil, peanut flour, etc.) throughout this document.
TPI s Strategies I. Create the Structure and Process that Enables Us to Engage in Targeted Research on Peanuts II. Develop and Deliver a Unified Health and Wellness Message III. Collaborate with Industry Partners to Strengthen the Industry IV. Rebrand and Re-energize TPI
Honor Roll of Investors 2017 PLATINUM LEVEL American Peanut Shellers Assn. Board The J.M. Smucker Company GOLD LEVEL American Peanut Growers Group, LLC Mars Chocolate NA Southern Ag Carriers, Inc. SILVER LEVEL American Blanching/Golden Boy Foods LTD JLAI National Peanut Board National Peanut Buying Points Assn. Olam Edible Nuts Panhandle Peanut Growers Assn. Sessions Company BRONZE LEVEL Algood Food Company Georgia FSIS J.R. James Brokerage, Inc. John B. Sanfilippo & Son, Inc. Lewis M. Carter Manufacturing Co. M.C. McNeill & Company, LLC Mazur & Hockman, Inc. O Connor & Company, Inc. RCB Nuts, LLC PATRON LEVEL A. L. Schutzman Company Alabama Peanut Producers Assn. Amadas Industries American Peanut Council APT Advanced Trailer & Equipment Early Trucking Company Georgia Peanut Commission Jack Wynn & Company LLC Kelley Manufacturing Company Lineage Logistics Lovatt & Rushing, Inc. National Peanut Brokers Assn. Peerless Manufacturing Company SGL International, LTD South Carolina Peanut Board Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc. Tara Foods / The Kroger Company BENEFACTOR LEVEL Alimenta Agri LLC American Peanut Marketing Assn. Buhler, Inc. Cablevey, Inc. Dothan Warehouse EWR, Inc. Forrester Seed, Inc. Georgia Cold Storage Krema Group, Inc. Mauldin & Jenkins CPA North Carolina Peanut Growers Satake USA, Inc. Southeastern Gin & Peanut Tabb & Associates, Inc. Terri Lynn, Inc. Texas Peanut Producers Board Vicam, a Waters Business SPONSOR LEVEL Agri-B Plantation, LLC Almond Street Cold Storage BEER NUTS, Inc. Brad Lanier Oil Company, Inc. Entech Systems Corporation GA Crop Improvement Assn. Hubbard Peanut Company, Inc. International Service Group Mississippi Peanut Growers Assn. Oklahoma Peanut Commission Once Again Nut Butter, Inc. Peanut Growers Coop Marketing Assn. Southwest Georgia Farm Credit Triangle Chemical Company Troutman Sanders Strategies Virginia Peanut Growers Assn. FOUNDERS American Peanut Shellers Assn. Birdsong Peanuts Brooks Peanut Company, Inc. Damascus Peanut Company Golden Peanut & Tree Nuts Co. McCleskey Mills, Inc. Premium Peanut, LLC Severn Peanut Company Southern Peanut Company Trico Peanut, LLC Williston Peanuts Inc.