MEDIA ADVISORY: Governor’s 2010 Agricultural Forum to be Held Feb. 19

Strategic Planning Event to Map Out 15-Year Plan for Ag Industry

ANNAPOLIS, MD (Feb. 17, 2010) – Approximately 200 representatives of the agricultural industry and other stakeholders will attend the Governor’s 2010 Agricultural Forum to lay out a 15-year plan for the future of agriculture. The strategic planning event, hosted by the Maryland Agricultural Community, will take place on Friday, Feb. 19 at the Doubletree Hotel in Annapolis.  The participants will identify the most important issues to address for the short term, identify the most important issues for the long-term (2025), and develop recommendations that will form a 15-year action strategy.
Lt. Governor Anthony Brown will deliver the luncheon remarks.  Additional speakers include: Maryland Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance; Ed Kee, secretary, Delaware Department of Agriculture, and noted expert and author on the history of agriculture in the region; and Tom Hartsock, chair, Maryland Agricultural Commission.
Under the O’Malley-Brown Administration, 102 of the 109 recommendations from the Statewide Plan for Agriculture and Resource Management are accomplished or underway. The 2010 Governor’s Forum moves the statewide plan forward to meet future needs of the agriculture industry.  Click here for more information, or contact Joanna Kille at 410-841-5881.

What:    Maryland Agriculture Commission to host The Governor’s 2010 Agricultural Forum
When:        Friday, February 19, 2010        9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Remarks by Lt. Governor Anthony Brown at 12:00 noon
Who:        Lt. Governor Anthony G. Brown Tom Hartsock, chair, Maryland Agricultural Commission.  Earl F. Hance, secretary, Maryland Department of Agriculture Ed Kee, secretary, Delaware Department of Agriculture
Where:     Doubletree Hotel 210 Holiday Court, Annapolis, MD
Directions:     Route 50 to Exit 22-Riva Rd. Follow signs to Riva Rd. and make left at light onto Riva Rd. Second light, left onto Holiday Court

NOTE:
Media interested in attending the event should RSVP to Sue duPont, 410-841-5889 or Julie Oberg, 410-841-5888.
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