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.