{"id":89432,"date":"2018-03-25T09:32:26","date_gmt":"2018-03-25T13:32:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89432"},"modified":"2018-03-22T10:56:30","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T14:56:30","slug":"brindisi-agriculture-is-food-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=89432","title":{"rendered":"Brindisi: Agriculture is &#8216;Food For Life&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_89433\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-89433\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-89433\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-12-300x211.jpg?resize=300%2C211\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"211\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-12.jpg?resize=300%2C211&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-12.jpg?resize=150%2C105&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-12.jpg?resize=400%2C281&amp;ssl=1 400w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/unnamed-12.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-89433\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi is pictured with members of the Oneida County Farm Bureau in Albany.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Agriculture is &#8216;Food For Life&#8217;<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"m_-1786223311184489427OutlookLineHeightFix\"><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><em>By Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Recently I met with members of the Oneida County Farm Bureau to discuss the future of agriculture in the Mohawk Valley.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>March is a busy month for agriculture promotion, with Maple Weekend activities continuing this weekend, and the observance of &#8216;National Ag Week.&#8217; This year&#8217;s theme for Ag Week is &#8216;Food For Life.&#8217;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Agriculture&#8217;s importance to New York cannot be overstated, with an annual worth of over $6 billion to our state&#8217;s economy.\u00a0 There are nearly 200,000 jobs in New York connected in some form to agriculture. Events like Ag Week and Maple Weekend give us an opportunity to thank all those involved in food and fiber production in New York.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><em>Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi is representative in New York&#8217;s 119 Assembly District and candidate for New York&#8217;s 22nd Congressional District.<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Agriculture is &#8216;Food For Life&#8217; By Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi Recently I met with members of the Oneida County Farm Bureau to discuss the future of agriculture in the Mohawk Valley. 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