{"id":28152,"date":"2024-04-18T11:29:25","date_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28152"},"modified":"2024-04-18T11:29:25","modified_gmt":"2024-04-18T15:29:25","slug":"maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-hold-virtual-international-marketing-training-may-14","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/04\/18\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-hold-virtual-international-marketing-training-may-14\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Agriculture to Hold\u00a0Virtual International Marketing Training May 14"},"content":{"rendered":"<p dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"27449\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2023\/07\/12\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-announces-southern-united-states-trade-association-webinar\/attachment\/susta-logo_web_lg_regular_transparent\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png?fit=451%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"451,168\" 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=\"SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png?fit=451%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-27449\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png?resize=300%2C112\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"112\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png?resize=300%2C112&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2023\/07\/SUSTA-LOGO_web_lg_regular_transparent.png?w=451&amp;ssl=1 451w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><em>Food, beverage, plant, and wood exporters sign up now<\/em><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><strong>(ANNAPOLIS, MD) April 18, 2024<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0<strong>Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/strong>\u00a0is encouraging Maryland agriculture and seafood companies interested in exporting their products internationally to register for an international marketing training webinar hosted by the department and the\u00a0<strong>Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA)<\/strong>.\u00a0 The virtual session will be held on May 14.\u00a0 Companies should register at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_F9FMvxJbSqmTThk05ni-kQ\">https:\/\/us02web.zoom.us\/webinar\/register\/WN_F9FMvxJbSqmTThk05ni-kQ<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">\u201cThe department is committed to fostering business opportunities for Maryland agriculture and seafood companies domestically and abroad,\u201d said\u00a0<strong>Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks<\/strong>. \u201cThe Southern U.S. Trade Association is an excellent resource for companies wanting to tap into markets beyond the United States\u2019 borders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">SUSTA is an organization of state departments of agriculture in the South, including Maryland that facilitates trade between small and medium-sized companies and overseas importers. Thirty four Maryland companies are working with MDA\u2019s International Marketing Program and SUSTA to develop export markets. In 2022, those companies attributed more than $2.7 million in sales to the partnership.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Benefits include low-cost participation in trade missions and global trade shows, access to market insight through foreign in-country consultants, a 50 percent cost share on international marketing expenses, and more. For more information, please contact the department&#8217;s Director of International Marketing, Stone Slade, at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:stone.slade@maryland.gov\">stone.slade@maryland.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"text-align: center\"># # #<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\">Follow Maryland Department of Agriculture on Facebook\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mdagdept\">@MdAgDept<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Food, beverage, plant, and wood exporters sign up now (ANNAPOLIS, MD) April 18, 2024\u00a0\u2013 The\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0is encouraging Maryland agriculture and seafood companies interested in exporting their products internationally to register for an international marketing training webinar hosted by the department and the\u00a0Southern U.S. Trade Association (SUSTA).\u00a0 The virtual session will be held on<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/04\/18\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-to-hold-virtual-international-marketing-training-may-14\/\">&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,"_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-28152","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\/28152","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=28152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28153,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28152\/revisions\/28153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}