Joseph Bartenfelder (born January 3, 1957) is an American politician and farmer from Maryland.

[5] He also served as chair of the Spending and Affordability Committee for four years while on the County Council.

[3] In 2010, he ran in the primary to be Baltimore County Executive, which he lost to Kevin Kamenetz.

[2][3][6] Bartenfelder was appointed Maryland Secretary of Agriculture by then-Governor-elect Larry Hogan in 2014.

Lauren Moses, public information officer for Natural Resources Police, could not say whether this was Bartenfelder’s first charge.