{"id":28445,"date":"2024-08-27T15:16:04","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:16:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=28445"},"modified":"2024-08-27T15:16:04","modified_gmt":"2024-08-27T19:16:04","slug":"maryland-department-of-agriculture-showcases-programs-throughout-maryland-state-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2024\/08\/27\/maryland-department-of-agriculture-showcases-programs-throughout-maryland-state-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Maryland Department of Agriculture Showcases Programs\u00a0Throughout Maryland State Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 27, 2024)<\/strong>\u00a0\u2013 As the\u00a0Maryland State Fair<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0heads into the second long weekend of fun, the\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/strong>\u00a0is thrilled to present an extensive lineup showcasing the many programs that support Maryland’s agriculture, farmers, and residents.<\/span><\/p>\n

Throughout the fair, the department is hosting an array of children’s activities and agricultural displays in the\u00a0Cow Palace<\/strong>, highlighting over 20 of the department\u2019s programs and engaging with fairgoers to showcase the broad spectrum of industries within agriculture that MDA supports. At\u00a0Horseland<\/strong>\u00a0near the Grandstand, the\u00a0Maryland Horse Industry Board<\/a>\u00a0is on hand to educate the public about Maryland’s vibrant equine industry, offering valuable insights and information for horse enthusiasts.<\/span><\/p>\n

The fair runs for two more long weekends of fun-\u00a0Aug. 29-Sept. 1\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0Sept. 5-8<\/strong>– at the\u00a0State Fairgrounds\u00a0<\/strong>in\u00a0Timonium<\/strong>. The fair also showcases thousands of home arts and agricultural exhibits, along with daily livestock and horse exhibitions, a variety of midway rides and games, thoroughbred horse racing, and national entertainment. Also, mark your calendars for \u201cAgriculture Day at the Fair\u201d on Friday, August 30th featuring a luncheon and tour of the fairgrounds with\u00a0Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks<\/strong>. Please note that the luncheon is by invitation only. For more information about the Maryland State Fair, please visit\u00a0www.marylandstatefair.com<\/a>. For more information about the Maryland Department of Agriculture\u2019s participation in the fair please contact Harrison Palmer, Executive Secretary of Boards and Commission at\u00a0harrisonb.palmer@maryland.gov<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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ANNAPOLIS, MD (August 27, 2024)\u00a0\u2013 As the\u00a0Maryland State Fair\u00a0heads into the second long weekend of fun, the\u00a0Maryland Department of Agriculture\u00a0is thrilled to present an extensive lineup showcasing the many programs that support Maryland’s agriculture, farmers, and residents. Throughout the fair, the department is hosting an array of children’s activities and agricultural displays in the\u00a0Cow Palace,  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-28445","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\/28445","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=28445"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28445\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28447,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28445\/revisions\/28447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28445"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28445"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28445"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}