{"id":13764,"date":"2015-03-30T11:37:12","date_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:37:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=13764"},"modified":"2015-03-30T11:37:29","modified_gmt":"2015-03-30T15:37:29","slug":"maryland-agricultural-commission-seeks-nominations-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/03\/30\/maryland-agricultural-commission-seeks-nominations-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Agricultural Commission Seeks Nominations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 The Maryland Agricultural Commission \u2013 an advisory body to the Secretary of Agriculture which represents all major commodities in Maryland\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 is seeking nominations to fill eleven positions. As a group, Commission members address legislative and policy issues that affect Maryland agribusiness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2013\/04\/09\/agricultural-highlights-april-2013\/attachment\/l_mda_4c8\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?fit=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"160,160\" 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;}\" data-image-title=\"MDA Logo\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?fit=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?resize=160%2C160&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"MDA Logo\" width=\"160\" height=\"160\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?w=160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/04\/L_MDA_4c8.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 160px) 100vw, 160px\" \/><\/a>The open positions represent:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Agriculture Education<\/li>\n<li>Agri-Tourism<\/li>\n<li>Bio-fuels<\/li>\n<li>Consumer<\/li>\n<li>Dairy<\/li>\n<li>Field Crops<\/li>\n<li>Horticulture<\/li>\n<li>Nursery<\/li>\n<li>Organic<\/li>\n<li>Turf<\/li>\n<li>Veterinary<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>To be considered, applicants must be Maryland residents and have experience in the field they are interested in representing.\u00a0 Appointments are made by Governor Larry Hogan, and each member is eligible to serve two, 3-year appointed terms, depending on the Governor\u2019s decision on the appointment.\u00a0 The Commission meets the second Wednesday of each month from 9:00 until noon throughout the year.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>To be considered, contact Jessica Armacost at <a href=\"mailto:jessica.armacost@maryland.gov\">jessica.armacost@maryland.gov<\/a> or 443-883-0217 for more information and application forms.\u00a0 <strong>All forms must be received by April 24.<\/strong> Additional information about the commission and applications are available<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/about_mda\/pages\/md-ag-commission.aspx\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p># # #<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Agricultural Commission \u2013 an advisory body to the Secretary of Agriculture which represents all major commodities in Maryland\u00a0 \u2013\u00a0 is seeking nominations to fill eleven positions. As a group, Commission members address legislative and policy issues that affect Maryland agribusiness. The open positions represent: Agriculture Education Agri-Tourism Bio-fuels Consumer Dairy<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2015\/03\/30\/maryland-agricultural-commission-seeks-nominations-3\/\">&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":[242,302],"class_list":["post-13764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-maryland-agricultural-commission","tag-nominations"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764","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=13764"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13766,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13764\/revisions\/13766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}