{"id":87841,"date":"2018-01-01T23:40:03","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T04:40:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87841"},"modified":"2018-01-01T23:40:03","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T04:40:03","slug":"brindisi-named-to-farm-bureaus-circle-of-friends-for-support-of-agriculture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=87841","title":{"rendered":"Brindisi named to Farm Bureau’s Circle of Friends for support of agriculture"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Distinction given to state legislators who support New York agriculture and the Farm Bureau<\/em><\/p>\n

The New York Farm Bureau has announced Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica has been named to its \u2018Circle of Friends\u2019 for 2017.<\/p>\n

In a News Release, the Farm Bureau says Brindisi and other legislators who received the honor were chosen for their voting record on important agricultural issues, as well as for other legislative support, including the support of bills among the Farm Bureau\u2019s priorities in 2017, or opposition to issues the group is against.<\/p>\n

\u201cFarmers are absolutely vital to the economic well-being of our state.\u00a0 Agriculture is among the Mohawk Valley and upstate New York\u2019s most important industries, providing quality, wholesome foods for our families, and employment for many state residents.\u00a0 I will continue working with the Farm Bureau to ensure that future generations can continue to support us with quality products, and support their families economically,\u201d\u00a0Assemblyman Brindisi said.<\/p>\n

In a news release announcing this year\u2019s Circle of Friends honorees,\u00a0New York State Farm Bureau\u00a0President David Fisher said:\u00a0\u201cNew York Farm Bureau selected these Senators and Assembly members because of their commitment to the hard-working farm families in New York.\u00a0 We appreciated their support on a whole host of bills and budget items this year, and we look forward to collaborating with them as a new session is about to begin.\u00a0 It is imperative that we work together to support local food production and the agricultural economy that benefit all New Yorkers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Distinction given to state legislators who support New York agriculture and the Farm Bureau The New York Farm Bureau has announced Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi of Utica has been named to its \u2018Circle of Friends\u2019 for 2017. In a News Release, the Farm Bureau says Brindisi and other legislators who received the honor were chosen for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":80461,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23679,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-agfarming","category-top-story"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-mQN","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Brindisi-head-shot-color-10.14.jpg?fit=490%2C700&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/80461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}