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The American Council for Medicinally Active Plants Inc. (ACMAP) officially became a non-profit corporation in the state of Florida on September 1, 2009. “The purpose of the American Council for Medicinally Active Plants (ACMAP) is to promote and foster research, education, development, production, and conservation of medicinal, aromatic and other bioactive plants useful to human health.” ACMAP was “born” back in March, 2007 when a group of interested scientists met in Warner Robins, GA, following the 1st International Symposia on Medicinal and Nutraceutical Plants of the International Society of Horticulture (ISH) to discuss their mutual interests. ACMAP was proposed by Dr. Anand Yadav (Fort Valley State University, Fort Valley, GA) and Dr. Gary Stutte (Kennedy Space Center, FL) who is the “Point of Contact” as the founding members of ACMAP develop their by-laws, elect officers and file the infamous Form 1023 for non-profit 501(c )(3) status. Founding members include, in addition to Drs. Yadav and Stutte, Jim Simon (NJ), Lyle Craker (MA), Jeff Adelberg (SC), Rao Mentreddy (AL), Agnes Rimando (MS), Jorge Ferreira (WV), Fabricio Medina-Bolivar (AR), Prahlad Parajuli (MI), Nirmal Joshee (GA) and Valtcho Jeliazkov (MS). ACMAP has a website under construction at www.acmap.org with Carol and Jennica Stiff serving as webmasters. Please visit the website for membership information, updates on ACMAP’s activities and future meeting plans.
Submitted by Carol Stiff and Gary Stutte
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