{"id":26270,"date":"2022-02-14T10:23:29","date_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:23:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=26270"},"modified":"2022-02-14T10:23:29","modified_gmt":"2022-02-14T15:23:29","slug":"secretary-recognizes-unsung-heroes-of-maryland-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/02\/14\/secretary-recognizes-unsung-heroes-of-maryland-agriculture\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Recognizes \u2018Unsung Heroes of Maryland Agriculture\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Monthly Award Honors Contributions of Marylanders Working <\/i>in Farming, Food Production<\/i><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 <\/b>The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced a new monthly award that will honor the contributions of Marylanders working in various roles in the farming and food production industries. Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder will present the \u201cUnsung Heroes of Maryland Agriculture\u201d award monthly to Marylanders who embody the dedication and commitment of the state\u2019s agriculture community.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWhile farmers are often front-and-center when we think of agriculture, those of us who work in the industry know it takes a lot more work to get food from the field to your plates,\u201d said Secretary Bartenfelder. \u201cOur state is fortunate to have many outstanding individuals working at every level of the food supply chain. This award is my way of giving them the recognition they deserve and hopefully inspiring future generations of Marylanders to consider careers in agriculture and food production.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The department is now accepting nominations for the \u201cUnsung Heroes of Maryland Agriculture Award\u201d for March 2022. Each month\u2019s honoree will be announced on the department\u2019s blog and on social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To submit nominations, please fill out this <\/span>Google form<\/span><\/a> or contact Denise Burrell at <\/span>denise.burrell@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

# # #<\/span><\/p>\n

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

New Monthly Award Honors Contributions of Marylanders Working in Farming, Food Production ANNAPOLIS, MD \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) today announced a new monthly award that will honor the contributions of Marylanders working in various roles in the farming and food production industries. Agriculture Secretary Joe Bartenfelder will present the \u201cUnsung Heroes of  Read the Rest…<\/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-26270","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\/26270","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=26270"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26270\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26275,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26270\/revisions\/26275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26270"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26270"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26270"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}