{"id":29783,"date":"2026-05-28T13:19:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:19:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=29783"},"modified":"2026-05-28T13:23:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-28T17:23:04","slug":"media-advisory-join-secretary-of-agriculture-kevin-atticks-and-marylands-best-in-kicking-off-the-2026-ice-cream-trail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/05\/28\/media-advisory-join-secretary-of-agriculture-kevin-atticks-and-marylands-best-in-kicking-off-the-2026-ice-cream-trail\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Join Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks and Maryland\u2019s Best in Kicking Off the 2026 Ice Cream Trail!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 28, 2026)&#8212;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Media are welcome to join Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks to kick off the 2026 Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail at <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prigelfamilycreamery.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Prigel Family Creamery<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> in Glen Arm, Maryland at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 29, 2026. Now in its 14th year, the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/marylandsbest.maryland.gov\/ice-cream-trail\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ice Cream Trail <\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">is a beloved summer tradition in Maryland for families all over the state to take part in and enjoy. The trail also highlights the state\u2019s vital dairy industry and the local farms that provide high-quality products to residents and visitors alike.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>WHEN:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Friday, May 29, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. ET<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>SCHEDULE:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p>3:00 p.m. Welcoming Remarks: <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Secretary Kevin Atticks, Maryland Department of Agriculture<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:10 p.m.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">History of the Prigel Family Creamery: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Prigel Family<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:25 p.m.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Photo Opportunities<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">3:30 p.m.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ice Cream Sampling<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>WHERE:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Prigel Family Creamery<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">4852 Long Green Road<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Glen Arm, MD 21057<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><b>RSVP:<\/b> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Interested media should RSVP to Rachel Felver at <\/span><a href=\"mailto:rachel.felver@maryland.gov\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">rachel.felver@maryland.gov<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD (May 28, 2026)&#8212;Media are welcome to join Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Kevin Atticks to kick off the 2026 Maryland\u2019s Best Ice Cream Trail at Prigel Family Creamery in Glen Arm, Maryland at 3:00 p.m. ET on Friday, May 29, 2026. Now in its 14th year, the Ice Cream Trail is a beloved summer<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2026\/05\/28\/media-advisory-join-secretary-of-agriculture-kevin-atticks-and-marylands-best-in-kicking-off-the-2026-ice-cream-trail\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":283,"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":[403,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-29783","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mda-newsroom","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\/29783","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\/283"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=29783"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29783\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29788,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29783\/revisions\/29788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=29783"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=29783"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=29783"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}