Maryland Department of Agriculture

The Maryland Department of Agriculture (MDA) is a state agency of Maryland. Its headquarters are in the Parole census-designated place in unincorporated Anne Arundel County, near Annapolis.^[1][2] The Department was established in 1972.^[3]

Maryland Department of Agriculture

Agency overview
Formed	1972; 52 years ago (1972)
Headquarters	Annapolis, Maryland, U.S.
Agency executive	Kevin Atticks, Secretary
Website	mda.maryland.gov/Pages/default.aspx

As of 2023^[update], the Secretary of the department is Kevin Atticks, appointed by Governor Wes Moore.^[4] He was preceded in this position by Joseph Bartenfelder.^[5]

The Department provides various initiatives to promote local agriculture, such as the "True Blue Maryland Crab Meat" ranking which allows local restaurants to certify restaurants that are serving local crabmeat rather than something imported from out of state.^[6]

References

1. "2010 Census Block Map Parole CDP, Md." (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on October 6, 2012.
2. Homepage. Maryland Department of Agriculture. Retrieved on October 6, 2012. "50 Harry S. Truman Pkwy, Annapolis, MD 21401"
3. Department of Agriculture: Origin. Maryland Manual On-Line, Maryland State Archives.
4. Department of Agriculture: Secretary. Maryland Manual On-Line, Maryland State Archives.
5. Former secretaries. Maryland Manual On-Line.
6. "True Blue Maryland Crab Meat". Maryland Department of Agriculture. Retrieved November 18, 2018.

External links

• Maryland portal
• Agriculture portal

• Maryland Department of Agriculture
• Department of Agriculture-Maryland Manual On-Line
• State Board of Agriculture Records at the University of Maryland Libraries. This board was a precursor to the MDA, established in 1916 and abolished with the creation of the MDA.
• Livestock Sanitary Board records at the University of Maryland Libraries. This board was a precursor to the MDA, established in 1889 and reorganized under the State Board of Agriculture in 1916.