{"id":229189,"date":"2016-06-03T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2016-06-02T20:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/?p=229189"},"modified":"2016-06-03T06:00:33","modified_gmt":"2016-06-02T20:00:33","slug":"cooking-contest-ornamental-division-added-2016-ag-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/cooking-contest-ornamental-division-added-2016-ag-fair\/","title":{"rendered":"Cooking contest, ornamental division added 2016 Ag Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_229190\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-229190\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAFA.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-229190\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-229190\" src=\"http:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/SAFA-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"One of the highlights of the Ag Fair is children being able to see a live cow or pig. (Contributed Photo)\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-229190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One of the highlights of the Ag Fair is children being able to see a live cow or pig. (Contributed Photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The Saipan and Northern Islands Farmers Association announced that it will add a cooking contest and an ornamental division to this year\u2019s Ag Fair, slated for June 25.  <\/p>\n<p>Dishes shall be judged based on the number of local ingredients used in the recipe, taste, presentation, and the health aspect. First prize shall be $150; second prize is $100, and third prize $75. There is a $25 entry fee; with entry per family. All dishes must be cooked on-site.  <\/p>\n<p>Details of the ornamental division has not yet been finalized. However, registration is ongoing for the animal and plant divisions. Vic Deleon Guerrero, a long-time member of the planning committee and this year\u2019s rules chairman, says sustaining the fair is also helping to sustain our economy. The fair is a way to acknowledge the hardworking ranchers and farmers.  He adds, \u201cI hope they [farmers, ranchers] will show up at the orientation meeting so we can hear their concerns.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Prizes for the plant category total $7,000, while the animal category shall reach $4,000.  Farmers and ranchers are encouraged to start preparing their crops and livestock for entry, and they need to pre-register.    <\/p>\n<p>The 2016 Ag Fair will take place on Saturday, June 25, at the Public Market in Garapan.  For general inquiries, please call DLNR at 322-9834, NMC CREES at 234-9630, or the Division of Agriculture at 256-3319. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Saipan and Northern Islands Farmers Association announced that it will add a cooking contest&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":28,"featured_media":229190,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[5728,346,55,11846],"class_list":["post-229189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-news","tag-ag-fair","tag-dlnr","tag-health-2","tag-vic-deleon-guerrero"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229189","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/28"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=229189"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/229189\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/229190"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=229189"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=229189"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saipantribune.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=229189"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}