{"id":28119,"date":"2024-04-01T14:29:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:29:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28119"},"modified":"2024-04-01T14:29:07","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T18:29:07","slug":"media-advisory-governor-wes-moore-to-honor-century-farm-families-event-celebrates-families-farming-the-same-land-for-over-100-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/04\/01\/media-advisory-governor-wes-moore-to-honor-century-farm-families-event-celebrates-families-farming-the-same-land-for-over-100-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Media Advisory: Governor Wes Moore to Honor Century Farm Families Event Celebrates Families Farming the Same Land for Over 100 Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 1, 2024)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013\u00a0<strong>Governor Wes Moore<\/strong>\u00a0will present\u00a0<strong>Century Farm<\/strong>\u00a0awards to\u00a0<strong>seven Maryland farm families<\/strong>, honoring their dedication to agriculture and long-term stewardship of the land. Established in 1994, the Century Farm Program honors families who have farmed the same land for more than 100 years. Including this year\u2019s inductees, the program has honored 216 farms across the state. Farms in seven counties will be recognized at the event, including:<strong>\u00a0Anne Arundel<\/strong>,<strong>\u00a0Caroline<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Dorchester<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Garrett<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>Harford<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>St. Mary\u2019s<\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong>Worcester<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">____________________________________________________________________________________<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>What:<\/strong>\u00a0Maryland Century Farm Program Awards Ceremony<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>When:<\/strong>\u00a0Tuesday, April; 2 p.m. &#8211; 3 p.m.<br \/>\nProgram will begin with brief remarks followed by photo opportunities with each Century Farm family.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>Where:<\/strong>\u00a0Governor\u2019s Reception Room ,<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Maryland State House<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">100 State Circle<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Annapolis, MD<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>NOTE:<\/strong>\u00a0Media interested in attending should RSVP to Lauren at Lauren.Moses1@maryland.gov.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">###<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Follow the Maryland Department of Agriculture on Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (April 1, 2024)\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Governor Wes Moore\u00a0will present\u00a0Century Farm\u00a0awards to\u00a0seven Maryland farm families, honoring their dedication to agriculture and long-term stewardship of the land. Established in 1994, the Century Farm Program honors families who have farmed the same land for more than 100 years. Including this year\u2019s inductees, the program has honored 216 farms across<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/04\/01\/media-advisory-governor-wes-moore-to-honor-century-farm-families-event-celebrates-families-farming-the-same-land-for-over-100-years\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":251,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_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-28119","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release"],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119","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\/251"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28119"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28120,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28119\/revisions\/28120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28119"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28119"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28119"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}