{"id":21783,"date":"2018-02-13T14:04:16","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=21783"},"modified":"2018-02-13T14:04:16","modified_gmt":"2018-02-13T19:04:16","slug":"registration-opens-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/02\/13\/registration-opens-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Opens for Maryland Farmers Market Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"left\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013<b>\u00a0<\/b>Registration is now open for the 2018 Maryland Farmers Market Conference. The conference is scheduled for\u00a0Tuesday, March 6, from\u00a08 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u00a0at the Maryland Department of Agriculture,\u00a050 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Conference sessions will include marketing tips for farmers\u00a0markets, updates on current regulations guiding the 2018 season, food safety, and much more. Training and certification sessions will be available for the Farmers Market Nutrition Program (FMNP), the Seniors Farmers Market Nutrition Program (SFMNP), and the Fruit and Vegetable Check (FVC) program. Farmers can also sign up to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). The department\u2019s Weights &amp; Measures program will offer equipment certifications for farmers who bring their market scales to the conference.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">Space is limited to the first 90 guests to register and submit payment. Registration information can be found on the department\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/mdamarketing.wufoo.com\/forms\/zsnwfop12gt2nc\/\">website.<\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">For questions regarding registration or the program in general, please contact Karen Kirksey,\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:Karen.kirksey1@maryland.gov\">Karen.kirksey1@maryland.gov<\/a>\u00a0or (410) 841-5791.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013\u00a0Registration is now open for the 2018 Maryland Farmers Market Conference. The conference is scheduled for\u00a0Tuesday, March 6, from\u00a08 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.\u00a0at the Maryland Department of Agriculture,\u00a050 Harry S. Truman Parkway, Annapolis. Conference sessions will include marketing tips for farmers\u00a0markets, updates on current regulations guiding the 2018 season, food safety, and much<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2018\/02\/13\/registration-opens-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"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":[],"class_list":["post-21783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783","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\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21783"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21784,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21783\/revisions\/21784"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}