{"id":25117,"date":"2021-02-16T11:46:05","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T16:46:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=25117"},"modified":"2021-02-16T12:12:17","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T17:12:17","slug":"virtual-2021-maryland-farmers-market-conference-set-for-march-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/02\/16\/virtual-2021-maryland-farmers-market-conference-set-for-march-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Virtual 2021 Maryland Farmers Market Conference Set for March 3"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"25118\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/02\/16\/virtual-2021-maryland-farmers-market-conference-set-for-march-3\/attachment\/md-farmers-market-conference-2021\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?fit=1024%2C512&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,512\" 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=\"MD Farmers Market Conference 2021\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?fit=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?fit=760%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-25118\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?resize=550%2C275\" alt=\"\" width=\"550\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2021\/02\/MD-Farmers-Market-Conference-2021.png?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 550px) 100vw, 550px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2013<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) will host the virtual 2021 Maryland Farmers Market Conference on Wednesday, March 3 from\u00a08 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conference will begin with opening remarks from Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. Conference topics and speakers are listed below.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Credit Card\/EBT Processing <\/b><b>\u2013<\/b><b> Merchant Services<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speakers: Christopher Laznovske <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(PNC Bank)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Grace Bowen <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(PNC Bank)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Kimberly Drake <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(PNC Bank)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Joni Garcia <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(U.S. Department of Agriculture\u2019s Food and Nutrition Service)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Food Safety, COVID-19, and Farmers Markets<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaker: Deanna Baldwin<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> (MDA)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Farmer Event at the Maryland 5 Star<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaker: Kaitlyn McNerney <em>(Maryland 5 Star at Fair Hill)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Two Markets <\/b><b>\u2013<\/b><b> Two Different Views on Online Pre-Orders<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speakers: Marie Anderson (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Govanstowne Farmers Market)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, Carol D\u2019Agostino, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Centreville Farmers Market)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">, and Jordan Everdingen <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Local Line)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Reducing CSA and Traceability Costs <\/b><b>\u2013 <\/b><b>New Online Solutions<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Speaker: Brandi Dillon <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(NetGlo Corporation)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">View the full agenda on MDA\u2019s <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mda.maryland.gov\/maryland_products\/Documents\/2021-Maryland-Farmers-Market-Conference-Agenda.pdf\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">website<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Interested farmers and market managers are encouraged to register online for this free event <a href=\"https:\/\/mdamarketing.wufoo.com\/forms\/z1s9u9a01s3wmz0\/\">here<\/a><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. Once you are registered a Google Meet invite will be sent to your email.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For questions regarding registration or the program, please contact MDA\u2019s Weida Stoecker at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:weida.stoecker@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">weida.stoecker@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">or (410) 841-5776.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Twitter<\/span> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">@MdAgDept<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) and the Maryland Department of Health (MDH) will host the virtual 2021 Maryland Farmers Market Conference on Wednesday, March 3 from\u00a08 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.\u00a0 The conference will begin with opening remarks from Maryland Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. Conference topics and speakers are listed below.\u00a0 Credit<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2021\/02\/16\/virtual-2021-maryland-farmers-market-conference-set-for-march-3\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/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-25117","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\/25117","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=25117"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25122,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25117\/revisions\/25122"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}