Lancaster Farming, Saturday, February 27, 1993*A29 Maryland Promotes Breakfast Sausage ANNAPOLIS. Md. Maryland Gov, Wil liam Schaefer recently announced that Parks Sausage of Baltimore is introducing a Maryland Pride Breakfast Roll Sausage as part of an ef fort to convince Mary landers to buy Maryland products. “Parks Sausage is one of our more than 1,500 outstanding ‘Maryland With Pride’ business es,” said Gov. Schaefer. “They produce an excel lent line of meat pro ducts and this new Maryland Pride Break fast Roll Sausage con forms to their high standards of taste and quality.” Schaefer began the “Maryland With Pride” program in 1987 to en courage businesses to use the “Pride” logo on their products to recog nize the contributions Maryland businesses and workers make to the state’s economy. The program creates awareness among Maryland businesses and consumers of the wide variety of products and services available from Maryland com panies. It is a coopera tive venture of the Maryland Departments of Agriculture and Eco nomic and Employment Development. “From apple growers in western Maryland to Parks Sausage in Balti more, participation) in the ‘Maryland With Pride’ program shows the extraordinary diver sity of our state’s eco nomy," said Maryland Secretary of Agriculture Robert L. Walker. Parks Sausage plans to initiate a statewide “Maryland With Pride” advertising effort to make consumers aware of their new breakfast sausage. It will be avail able in mild and spicy flavors. “Marylanders con sume more roll sausage per capita than any other state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast region, so why not buy something made right in our own back yard?” said Schaefer. “I am pleased that Parks will be able to use our ‘Maryland With Pride’ identification to promote this new pro duct line.” Businesses interested in learning more about the “Maryland With Pride” program may contact Desiree Mun dell, Maryland Depart ment of Agriculture, Marketing Services, SO Harry S. Trumair Park way, Annapolis, MD 21401, telephone (410) 841-5770.
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