TRENTON - Assembly Majority Leader Bonnie Watson Coleman (D-Mercer) released the following statement today on the appointment of Assemblyman Douglas H. Fisher as New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture:

"New Jersey's farming community and the Governor have made a tremendous decision in recommending Douglas H. Fisher as the state's new Secretary of Agriculture.
"Doug has always been a great friend to New Jersey's faming community.

>From protecting open space and farmland to promoting New Jersey farm
products to consistently defending and advocating for New Jersey farmers, he's always been there for this industry so important to our state and its heritage.

"With Doug leading the way at this key time, I look forward to seeing New Jersey's farming community prosper for generations to come."

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