{"id":146,"date":"2012-07-10T15:19:12","date_gmt":"2012-07-10T15:19:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=146"},"modified":"2012-08-08T15:20:06","modified_gmt":"2012-08-08T15:20:06","slug":"governor-omalley-to-host-buy-local-cookout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2012\/07\/10\/governor-omalley-to-host-buy-local-cookout\/","title":{"rendered":"Governor O&#8217;Malley to host Buy Local Cookout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 10, 2012)<\/strong> \u2013 Governor\u00a0and First Lady O\u2019Malley will host the fifth annual \u201cBuy Local\u201d cookout to officially kick-off Maryland\u2019s \u201cBuy Local Challenge\u201d week, which challenges Marylanders to incorporate at least one locally-grown, produced or harvested product into their meals each day.\u00a0 At the Governor\u2019s cookout, 16 teams of local producers and chefs will prepare creative recipes showcasing the diversity of local products available in Maryland.\u00a0 Government House chefs will also prepare a few favorites recipes of theirs and the O\u2019Malley family featuring local products.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBuy Local Challenge\u201d week is July 21-29.\u00a0 Buying locally is key to ensuring a smart, green and growing future for Maryland families. It preserves farmland, protects the environment, bolsters local economies, and provides wholesome, nutritious, great-tasting fresh food.<\/p>\n<p>______________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHAT:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Governor and First Lady O\u2019Malley to host annual \u201cBuy Local\u201d Cookout and kick-off \u201cBuy Local Challenge\u201d Week<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Thursday, July 19, from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHERE:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Government House, 110 State Circle, Annapolis, MD<\/p>\n<p><strong>NOTE:\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Event is by <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">INVITATION ONLY<\/span> and <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">RSVP is REQUIRED<\/span> for all members of the media and all attendees to gain access to Government House.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>RSVP to\u00a0Julie Oberg at 410-841-5888 or julie.oberg@maryland.gov or Vanessa Orlando at 410-841-5889 or vanessa.orlando@maryland.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (July 10, 2012) \u2013 Governor\u00a0and First Lady O\u2019Malley will host the fifth annual \u201cBuy Local\u201d cookout to officially kick-off Maryland\u2019s \u201cBuy Local Challenge\u201d week, which challenges Marylanders to incorporate at least one locally-grown, produced or harvested product into their meals each day.\u00a0 At the Governor\u2019s cookout, 16 teams of local producers and chefs<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2012\/07\/10\/governor-omalley-to-host-buy-local-cookout\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"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":[25],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-buy-local-cookout"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","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\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":147,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions\/147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}