By Secretary Buddy Hance, Maryland Secretary of Agriculture This week kicks off our 5th annual Maryland Homegrown School Lunch Program–an initiative signed into law by Governor Martin O’Malley in 2008–designed to connect our local farmers with local schools, providing our students with healthy, nutritious meals while strengthening our agricultural economy. By bringing more Maryland-grown products to school lunches, Read the Rest…
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Posts Tagged ‘Farmers’
Local Food, Local Jobs, September 18th, 2012
Governor O’Malley Requests Federal Drought Assistance to Help Maryland Farmers, August 8th, 2012
Governor submits formal letter to U.S. Dept. of Agriculture for disaster designation ANNAPOLIS, MD – Governor Martin O’Malley has formally submitted a letter to the United States Department of Agriculture requesting a Secretarial Disaster Designation for all Maryland counties impacted by the severe dry weather and excessive heat during the months of June and July. Governor Read the Rest…
Maryland Invests: Part IV, January 4th, 2012
Investing to Restore Maryland’s Heart and Treasure By Secretary Robert Summers, Maryland Department of the Environment We are blessed in Maryland to be home to our nation’s largest estuary—an estuary that drives the culture of our region, our shared history, our tourism—and most importantly, our economy. But for decades, we have neglected Maryland’s heart and Read the Rest…
Cover Crops Announcement, August 16th, 2011
Vienna, MD I want to recognize our hosts, the Laytons. Every year at the Agriculture Dinner – and I go every year, not just election years – one of the best things about the Ag Dinner is when we focus in on two families to induct into the Hall of Fame. And there is a Read the Rest…
Maryland Agricultural Council, February 4th, 2010
Glen Burnie, Maryland Thank you all very much. To President Colby Ferguson and everyone with the Council, thank you for your leadership and your kind invitation to join you here tonight. To all my colleagues who are with us in state and local government, it’s an honor to join you – I look forward to Read the Rest…
