{"id":27150,"date":"2023-03-02T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T14:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=27150"},"modified":"2023-02-27T10:02:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-27T15:02:08","slug":"registration-now-open-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/03\/02\/registration-now-open-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration Now Open for Maryland Farmers Market Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27153\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/03\/02\/registration-now-open-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference\/attachment\/farmers-market-conference-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?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=\"Farmers Market Conference (1)\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?fit=760%2C380&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27153\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?resize=300%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?resize=300%2C150&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?resize=768%2C384&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/02\/Farmers-Market-Conference-1.jpg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Annual Event Scheduled for March 15, 2023<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 2, 2023)<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture today announced that <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">registration is now open for the 2023 Maryland Farmers Market Conference.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The annual conference brings together local markets and farmers to share topics that will promote the success of farmers markets across the state. <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The conference will be held Wednesday, March 15, from 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Maryland Department of Agriculture in Annapolis.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sessions will include marketing tips for farmers markets, food safety and much more. Farmers can also sign up to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The University of Maryland Extension will also present on the topics of \u201cFarm Stress\u201d and \u201cFood Safety.\u201d Horizon Farm Credit will present on \u201cAgriculture in an Inflation-increasing world.\u201d In addition, Maryland Department of Agriculture Acting Secretary Kevin Atticks will be on hand for a meet and greet with participants.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The cost is $35 and lunch is provided. For more information and to register for the event, please visit the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/events.egov.com\/eventreg\/MD\/registrant.htm?action=new&amp;_event=2023annualfarmersmarketconference\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">event registration site.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For questions, please contact Weida Stoecker at <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">weida.stoecker@maryland.gov<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or 410-841-5776.<\/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>Annual Event Scheduled for March 15, 2023 ANNAPOLIS, MD (March 2, 2023) \u2013 The Maryland Department of Agriculture today announced that registration is now open for the 2023 Maryland Farmers Market Conference.\u00a0 The annual conference brings together local markets and farmers to share topics that will promote the success of farmers markets across the state.<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/03\/02\/registration-now-open-for-maryland-farmers-market-conference\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/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_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27150","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\/27150","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=27150"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27154,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27150\/revisions\/27154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}