{"id":6106,"date":"2013-08-05T14:02:49","date_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:02:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/?p=6106"},"modified":"2013-08-05T14:09:21","modified_gmt":"2013-08-05T18:09:21","slug":"media-advisory-agriculture-secretary-to-visit-farmers-markets-this-week-in-annapolis-baltimore","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2013\/08\/05\/media-advisory-agriculture-secretary-to-visit-farmers-markets-this-week-in-annapolis-baltimore\/","title":{"rendered":"MEDIA ADVISORY: Agriculture Secretary to Visit Farmers\u2019 Markets this Week in Annapolis, Baltimore"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6109\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2013\/08\/05\/media-advisory-agriculture-secretary-to-visit-farmers-markets-this-week-in-annapolis-baltimore\/attachment\/specialty\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg?fit=576%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"576,432\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.65&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;SCH-I510&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1343213312&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.03&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03335&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"specialty\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg?fit=576%2C432&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6109\" alt=\"specialty\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg?resize=300%2C225\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2013\/08\/specialty.jpg?w=576&amp;ssl=1 576w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\">ANNAPOLIS, MD \u00a0\u2013 Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance will visit two Maryland farmers\u2019 markets this week \u2013 one in Annapolis and one in Baltimore \u2013 to present proclamations from Governor Martin O\u2019Malley, designating Aug. 5-11 as Farmers\u2019 Market Week in Maryland. Secretary Hance will meet with market managers, farmers, vendors and customers while encouraging all Marylanders to visit farmers\u2019 market and buy local products whenever possible. There are currently 144 markets across the state \u2013 at least one in every county and Baltimore. Search for one near you at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marylandsbest.net\">www.marylandsbest.net<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><strong>Who\/What:<\/strong> Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance to present Governor\u2019s Proclamation Designating Aug. 5-11 Farmers Market Week in Maryland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><strong>When \/ Where: <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 19px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Tuesday, Aug. 6, from 9 a.m. to 9:45 a.m. at Riva Road Market (located at Riva Road and Harry S Truman Parkway), Annapolis.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: small;line-height: 19px;font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif\">Thursday, Aug. 8, from 11 a.m. to 11:45 a.m. at the Pratt Street Market, 100 E. Pratt Street, Baltimore.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\"><strong>Why<\/strong>: To recognize Farmers\u2019 Market Week in Maryland and to encourage Marylanders to buy local by shopping at farmers\u2019 markets. Buying local supports family farms, local jobs and local economies while providing families with fresh, healthy produce. Farmers markets also provide an important source of income for farmers. For more information: www.mda.maryland.gov or www.marylandsbest.net<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;font-size: small\"># # #<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANNAPOLIS, MD \u00a0\u2013 Agriculture Secretary Buddy Hance will visit two Maryland farmers\u2019 markets this week \u2013 one in Annapolis and one in Baltimore \u2013 to present proclamations from Governor Martin O\u2019Malley, designating Aug. 5-11 as Farmers\u2019 Market Week in Maryland. Secretary Hance will meet with market managers, farmers, vendors and customers while encouraging all Marylanders<a href=\"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/press-release\/2013\/08\/05\/media-advisory-agriculture-secretary-to-visit-farmers-markets-this-week-in-annapolis-baltimore\/\">&nbsp;&nbsp;Read the Rest&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"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":[137,104,543],"class_list":["post-6106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-press-release","tag-buy-local","tag-farmers-markets","tag-proclamation"],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106","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\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6106"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6108,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6106\/revisions\/6108"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.maryland.gov\/mda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}