{"id":5312,"date":"2016-07-08T10:44:53","date_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?p=5312"},"modified":"2016-07-08T10:44:53","modified_gmt":"2016-07-08T14:44:53","slug":"ms-gretchen-goes-to-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/2016\/07\/ms-gretchen-goes-to-orlando.html","title":{"rendered":"Ms. Gretchen Goes to Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\r\nAs the only farmer <a href=\"http:\/\/politics.blog.ajc.com\/2016\/07\/06\/here-are-georgias-delegates-to-the-democratic-national-convention\/\">Georgia delegate to the \r\nDemocratic National Convention<\/a>,\r\n<a title=\"No Farms No Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5315\">\r\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none;width:300px;float:right\" width=\"300\" alt=\"No Farms No Food\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/2d6eb49b03da6200fef63ed4be6d36d8.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n\r\nand the only delegate from Lowndes County and one of the few from rural Georgia,\r\nGretchen Quarterman\r\nis off to the\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/demconvention.com\/platform\/\">\r\nDemocratic Platform Committee<\/a> meeting in Orlando today and tomorrow,\r\nFriday July 8th and Saturday July 9th 2016.\r\n<p>\r\nRemember: No Farms, No Food.\r\n<p>\r\nShe already knows a bit more about the process than Jimmy Stewart in\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=zPv0S1-ETdI\">\r\n1939&#8217;s Mr. Smith goes to Washington<\/a>.\r\nHm, I&#8217;d forgotten that movie was about<!--more-->\r\n\r\n a boondoggle dam project\r\nand conservation of the creek it would destroy.\r\n<p>\r\n -jsq\r\n<\/p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align:center;font-size:80%\">\r\n<a title=\"No Farms No Food\" href=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/?attachment_id=5315\">\r\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border:none\" id=\"5318\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" alt=\"No Farms No Food\" src=\"http:\/\/www.okraparadisefarms.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/67a674be7d831efc1b1cbf043ac82c1f.jpg\"><\/a>\r\n<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"As the only farmer Georgia delegate to the Democratic National Convention, and the only delegate from Lowndes County and one of the few from rural Georgia, Gretchen Quarterman is off to the Democratic Platform Committee meeting in Orlando today and tomorrow, Friday July 8th and Saturday July 9th 2016. 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