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Exploring All the Fair Has to Offer

Written on: July 24th, 2012 in Agriculture

The Delaware State Fair is about so many things – seeing old friends and making new ones, seeing the best work of our state’s young people, eating good food, listening to great music, and watching our children’s faces as they soar into the air on a carnival ride. The fair, marking its 93rd year, is […]


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Guest Post: Ed Kee, Farmers’ Markets: Great Food and New Friends

Written on: May 17th, 2012 in AgricultureGuest Posts

Guest Post from Ed Kee, Delaware Secretary of Agriculture This past Tuesday, Legislative Hall was bursting with pints of red, ripe, Delaware-grown strawberries and tray after tray of strawberry cake. It was a sweet reminder that we are officially in the midst of the 2012 market season. First to open this year was the Milton […]


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2012 State of the State: Delaware’s Time To Lead

Written on: January 19th, 2012 in AgricultureEducationEffective & Efficient GovernmentHelping Our NeighborsJob CreationMajor Speeches

Lt. Governor Denn, President Pro Tem DeLuca, Speaker Gilligan, members of the 146th General Assembly, other elected officials, members of the Judiciary, members of the Cabinet, our employees, Carla and the people of Delaware. In my previous reports on the State of the State, I spoke to you of turbulent seas and winter blizzards. These […]


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Local Delaware Food – Perfect for Thanksgiving

Written on: November 5th, 2011 in AgricultureGuest Posts

Since the weather is getting cool and the holiday season is upon us, we asked Anne Fitzgerald, the Public Information Officer at the Department of Agriculture, to share her plans for feeding her family with Delaware’s incredible offering of local food.  WARNING: if you’re hungry, you might not want to read this…  If you’re not […]


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Guest Post from… Smokey the Bear!

Written on: October 22nd, 2011 in AgricultureGuest Posts

We’re excited to feature a guest post by…none other than…Smokey Bear! Did you know that wildfires have burned almost 8 million acres in the United States this year? And did you know that most of these wildfires were caused by humans? In 2010, humans caused 64,807 wildfires, while 7,164 were started by lightning. That’s nine […]


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