{"id":107778,"date":"2021-08-18T20:35:15","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T00:35:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107778"},"modified":"2021-08-18T20:35:15","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T00:35:15","slug":"mackenzie-to-host-organic-town-hall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107778","title":{"rendered":"Mackenzie to Host Organic Town Hall"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>HARRISBURG \u2013\u00a0<\/strong>Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Berks\/Lehigh) announced today that Rodale Institute will be hosting an organic agriculture town hall in participation with him, Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Lehigh\/Berks) and the Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture on Thursday, Sept. 9, at 1 p.m. The town hall will be held at the Rodale Institute Visitors Center, 611 Siegfriedale Road, Kutztown.<\/p>\n<p>Mackenzie noted that agriculture plays a vital role in the Commonwealth\u2019s economy and impacts the lives of all Pennsylvanians. He invited anyone seeking to learn more to attend the town hall and join the discussion.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAgriculture is the leading industry throughout our state,\u201d said Mackenzie. \u201cI encourage all of those interested in agriculture to attend this informative town hall to find out what resources are available. You do not need to be a farmer to come and participate.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>To RSVP for this event, please go to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/rodaleinstitute.org\/organic-town-hall\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/rodaleinstitute.org\/organic-town-hall\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1629415058640000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFZThttbcZTv15uAhA6xvP8r63FcA\">rodaleinstitute.org\/organic-<wbr \/>town-hall\/<\/a>\u00a0or call Mackenzie\u2019s office at 610-965-9933.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Information provided to TVL by:<br \/>\nMatthew Deegan<br \/>\nRepresentative Ryan Mackenzie<br \/>\n134th District<br \/>\nPennsylvania House of Representatives<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.repmackenzie.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.repmackenzie.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; HARRISBURG \u2013\u00a0Rep. Ryan Mackenzie (R-Berks\/Lehigh) announced today that Rodale Institute will be hosting an organic agriculture town hall in participation with him, Rep. Gary W. Day (R-Lehigh\/Berks) and the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/?p=107778\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mackenzie to Host Organic Town Hall<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":107779,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_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","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[69,482],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-in-the-valley","category-press-release-2"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/organic-town-hall.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107778"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=107778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107778\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/107779"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=107778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=107778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thevalleyledger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=107778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}