{"id":2916,"date":"2021-05-28T22:29:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-28T22:29:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graperesearch.org\/staging\/?p=2916"},"modified":"2021-08-24T20:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T20:00:41","slug":"ngra-the-movie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graperesearch.org\/staging\/2021\/05\/28\/ngra-the-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"NGRA, The Movie"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our five-minute video overview<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

May 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always felt that starting a new job is like watching a foreign movie in subtitles. At first, you\u2019re desperately focused on the words on the screen, uncomfortably aware that the action is flying by as you struggle to keep up. Then suddenly, somewhere along the way, it starts to gel. You\u2019re not clinging to the subtitles anymore. You\u2019re in the flow it.<\/p>\n

When I started this job four years ago in April, that\u2019s exactly how I felt. Not only was there the language barrier (as a non-scientist, I had to learn a lot of research-ese<\/strong><\/a>), but NGRA isn\u2019t the easiest organization to understand. It\u2019s not that it\u2019s complicated! It\u2019s just not like other, similar organizations we work with.<\/p>\n

Over time, the picture became clear. NGRA isn\u2019t a grant-funding organization like the American Vineyard Foundation. It isn\u2019t a professional society like the American Society for Enology and Viticulture. It\u2019s not a trade association like the many state and regional groups we count as members. What is<\/em> NGRA? Let me tell you\u2026via this new five-minute presentation on our website!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

As I explain there, NGRA is a nonprofit charitable organization that represents the research interests of the wine and grape industry\u2014wine grapes, juice grapes, table grapes and raisins\u2014nationwide. We bring together American grape growers, processors and wineries, federal research agencies, academic institutions and cooperative extension offices to improve our industry through science.<\/p>\n

The presentation (and the refreshed \u201cAbout NGRA\u201d<\/strong><\/a> web page it\u2019s posted on) explains how we\u2019re structured and gives examples of the important work we\u2019re doing right now.<\/em> I hope it helps enlighten you and others about this vibrant, active, industry-driven organization I have the privilege to lead.<\/p>\n

If you\u2019re not already a member, I encourage you to join us.<\/strong><\/a> There\u2019s a part for you to play in NGRA!<\/p>\n

Donnell Brown
\nNGRA President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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