{"id":13090,"date":"2015-02-13T12:50:47","date_gmt":"2015-02-13T17:50:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=13090"},"modified":"2015-02-13T12:54:26","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T17:54:26","slug":"bartenfelder-confirmed-as-maryland-agriculture-secretary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/02\/13\/bartenfelder-confirmed-as-maryland-agriculture-secretary\/","title":{"rendered":"Bartenfelder Confirmed As Maryland Agriculture Secretary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"13091\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/02\/13\/bartenfelder-confirmed-as-maryland-agriculture-secretary\/attachment\/bartenfelderjoseph_web\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web.jpg?fit=336%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"336,420\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Bartenfelder,Joseph_web\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web.jpg?fit=336%2C420&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-13091\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web-240x300.jpg?resize=240%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MD Secretary of Agriculture Joe Bartenfelder\" width=\"240\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2015\/02\/BartenfelderJoseph_web.jpg?w=336&amp;ssl=1 336w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 240px) 100vw, 240px\" \/><\/a>ANNAPOLIS, MD<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Senate today confirmed Joe Bartenfelder, a lifelong farmer and Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s choice to lead the state Department of Agriculture. Bartenfelder had received unanimous support by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt is an honor to serve my fellow farmers, representing the industry I know best, under Governor Hogan and Lt. Governor Rutherford,\u201d said Bartenfelder. \u201cFarms are critical to Maryland\u2019s economy and priceless rural heritage. I will work with farmers across our state to strengthen the agricultural community and support farmers who are diversifying their farms to create new opportunities for our future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Bartenfelder\u2019s priorities for his time at MDA include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Helping farmers to diversify their businesses to capitalize on expanding marketing opportunities from the growing consumer demand for local, sustainable agricultural products and desire to better understand where their food comes from;<\/li>\n<li>Rebuilding farmer trust that the department is a resource to them; and<\/li>\n<li>Working with elected officials, policy makers and the general public to ensure they know about the importance of Maryland agriculture to our quality of life and the overall economy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Bartenfelder, a 5<sup>th<\/sup> generation farmer, was born in Baltimore County, where his family has been farming since the 1840s.\u00a0 He now lives in Caroline County where his family has been farming since 1997. He has four children and three grandchildren. For more than 35 years, Bartenfelder has been a full-time farmer and small businessman. His family primarily grows vegetables, which they sell wholesale and at the Baltimore City Farmers\u2019 Market. Additionally, they have two broiler houses and grow wheat, soybeans, and corn.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to farming, Bartenfelder has spent nearly 30 years in elected office. From 1983 to 1994, he served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates, representing District 8 (Baltimore County). Then, from 1994 to 2010, he served as a member of the Baltimore County Council (chair, 1997, 2000, 2005, 2009).\u00a0 He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from Towson State University.<\/p>\n<p>Bartenfelder replaces Buddy Hance who served as MDA from 2009 until last month.<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>Follow MDA on Twitter @MdAgDept.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD\u00a0\u2013 The Maryland Senate today confirmed Joe Bartenfelder, a lifelong farmer and Governor Larry Hogan\u2019s choice to lead the state Department of Agriculture. Bartenfelder had received unanimous support by the Senate Executive Nominations Committee on Monday. \u201cIt is an honor to serve my fellow farmers, representing the industry I know best, under Governor Hogan<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/02\/13\/bartenfelder-confirmed-as-maryland-agriculture-secretary\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":30,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[879,878,30],"class_list":["post-13090","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-confirmation","tag-joe-bartenfelder","tag-secretary"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13090","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/30"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13090"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13090\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13093,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13090\/revisions\/13093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13090"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13090"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13090"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}