{"id":23965,"date":"2020-01-15T15:11:35","date_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=23965"},"modified":"2020-01-15T15:23:34","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T20:23:34","slug":"media-advisory-marylands-best-food-beverage-expo-scheduled-for-january-22","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2020\/01\/15\/media-advisory-marylands-best-food-beverage-expo-scheduled-for-january-22\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Maryland\u2019s Best Food & Beverage Expo Scheduled for January 22"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/strong>\u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture will host a business-to-business, local food trade show on\u00a0Wednesday, Jan. 22<\/strong>, at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis from\u00a010 a.m. until 2 p.m<\/strong>.\u00a0The purpose of this expo is to provide an opportunity for Maryland farmers, producers, and processors to connect with wholesale buyers.<\/p>\n

In 2019, the event \u2014 formerly known as the Buyer Grower Expo \u2014 had more than 400 registrants. Participants include: grocery store representatives, chefs, school nutrition directors, distributors, economic development officials, Maryland Cooperative Extension agents, and county agricultural marketing officials. The event showcases a wide range of local products, such as: fruits and vegetables; meats (beef, chicken, turkey, etc.); seafood (aquaculture oysters); and specialty products (locally-made cheese, ice cream, soup, chocolate, coffee, wine, and more). As the premier business-to-business trade event for local food, the Maryland\u2019s Best Expo seeks to ensure all attendees have a legitimate professional interest.<\/p>\n

For more information on the expo or to register, visit the event page on the Maryland\u2019s Best website<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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WHAT:<\/strong> The Maryland\u2019s Best Food & Beverage Expo<\/p>\n

WHEN: <\/strong>Wednesday,\u00a0<\/strong>January 22, 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.<\/p>\n

WHERE:<\/strong> Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Football Stadium \u2013 \u201cN\u201d Room, 550 Taylor Ave., Annapolis<\/em><\/p>\n

For questions or help registering, contact Karen Fedor at\u00a0(410) 841-5773\u00a0or\u00a0karen.fedor@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter @MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture will host a business-to-business, local food trade show on\u00a0Wednesday, Jan. 22, at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis from\u00a010 a.m. until 2 p.m.\u00a0The purpose of this expo is to provide an opportunity for Maryland farmers, producers, and processors to connect with wholesale buyers. In 2019, the  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":168,"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-23965","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\/23965","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\/168"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23971,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23965\/revisions\/23971"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}