{"id":26696,"date":"2022-08-01T08:00:25","date_gmt":"2022-08-01T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=26696"},"modified":"2022-07-28T15:18:39","modified_gmt":"2022-07-28T19:18:39","slug":"mda-now-accepting-applications-for-governors-ag-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2022\/08\/01\/mda-now-accepting-applications-for-governors-ag-hall-of-fame\/","title":{"rendered":"MDA Now Accepting Applications for Governor\u2019s Ag Hall of Fame\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Nominate Exceptional Farm Families by October 7<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 1, 2022) \u2013 <\/b>The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting nominations of farmers and farm families for the Governor\u2019s Agriculture Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to the state\u2019s leading industry. Nominations are due by <\/span>Friday, Oct. 7, 2022<\/b>. Those selected for induction will be honored during the \u201cTaste of Maryland Agriculture\u201d event on Feb. 2, 2023. Any family that derives its income principally from farming is eligible for the award.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMaryland\u2019s farm families are the foundation of our agriculture industry and rural communities,\u201d said Secretary Joe Bartenfelder. \u201cPlease join me in recognizing Maryland\u2019s dedicated and committed farm families by submitting a nomination for the Governor\u2019s Agriculture Hall of Fame.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Hall of Fame was established in 1991 with the induction of Roland and Mildred Darcey of Prince George\u2019s County; Y.D. and Lonnie Hance of Calvert County; and C. Rodman and Jean Myers of Frederick County. In total, the Hall of Fame now honors <\/span>54 farm families <\/span>from all 23 counties.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Applicants <\/span>must <\/b>work with their county <\/span>Extension office<\/span><\/a> in preparing the application, which should include as much information about the family as possible and address agricultural leadership, community activities, and technological and management advancements – for example, soil and water conservation, marketing initiatives, machinery innovations, safety strategies. Nominations must include signatures from a local committee that is made up of the\u00a0 county Extension agent, county Farm Bureau president and Soil Conservation District representative. Only one farm family per county can be considered.<\/span><\/p>\n

The selection committee includes the Dean of the University of Maryland\u2019s College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, the President of the Maryland Farm Bureau, and members of the agricultural community. This year\u2019s application can be <\/span>downloaded here<\/span><\/a>. The deadline to apply is Oct. 7, 2022, at 4 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n

For more information, please contact Jessica O\u2019Sullivan at (410) 841-5882 or <\/span>Jessica.osullivan@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nominate Exceptional Farm Families by October 7 ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 1, 2022) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is now accepting nominations of farmers and farm families for the Governor\u2019s Agriculture Hall of Fame, which pays tribute to those who have dedicated their lives to the state\u2019s leading industry. Nominations are due by Friday,  Read the Rest…<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":222,"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_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26696","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\/26696","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\/222"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26696"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26696\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26697,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26696\/revisions\/26697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26696"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26696"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26696"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}