USApple Association

{{Short description|Virginia based association of apple growers}}

{{Tone|date=November 2021}}

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| formation = {{start date and age|1946}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.guidestar.org/profile/53-0210482|title = U S Apple Association - GuideStar Profile}}

| type = nonprofit organization, trade association

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| purpose = Promoting apple producers and distributors.

| headquarters = Falls Church, Virginia, U.S.

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| leader_title = President and CEO

| leader_name = Jim Bair{{Cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/20760821|title=Jim Bair, USApple Association: Profile and Biography|website=www.bloomberg.com}}

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| name = USApple Association

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| region = United States

| website = {{URL|usapple.org}}

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USApple Association is a nonprofit membership association for growers, marketers, equipment producers, and allied organizations of apples, within forty states of the United States of America, based in Virginia. It advocates on behalf of nearly 27,463 apple growers and 3,700 apple-related companies.{{Cite web|url=https://start.cortera.com/company/research/m1s7nzj5p/us-apple-association/|title = US APPLE ASSOCIATION Falls Church Virginia, 22043 - Cortera Company Profile}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.idealist.org/en/nonprofit/ad11c8e585db43deb71932ce7e62a9d3-us-apple-association-falls-church|title = U.S. Apple Association}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/08/26/red-delicious-apples-gala/1103768002/|title=Gala apple passes Red Delicious as America's favorite|last=Bomey|first=Nathan|website=USA TODAY|language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-23}} Their services include, but are not limited to, lobbying for the industry's interests at all branches of the federal government, providing educational information, and providing newsletters for apple farmers. The association also strives to provide all involved in the industry the means to profitably produce and market apples and apple products.{{Cite web|url=https://live-usapple.pantheonsite.io/|title=Home|website=USApple}}{{Cite web|title=Jim Bair, USApple Association: Profile and Biography - Bloomberg Markets|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/profile/person/20760821|access-date=2020-09-06|website=Bloomberg.com}}{{Independent source inline|date=April 2020}}

The association's website supplies information for the public on all different apple cultivars grown in the United States. Currently, there are close to 100 American cultivars grown commercially, but about 90% of the production consists of the 15 most popular cultivars.[http://www.usapple.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=21&Itemid=21 Apple Varieties] of the USApple Association

USApple is a member-driven association that represents all segments of the apple industry, including producers, packers, shippers, marketers, processors, distributor's, state/regional associations and other businesses engaged in the industry.