1. Select five plants to sample within each field/site
    1. For each plant sample:
      1. Collect 5 leaves
    2. Place leaves into a Ziplock® bag (as pictured below) with a piece of paper towel and a paper label that indicates the suspected species and includes the collector’s name, collection date, county, plant location within the field (latitude/longitude), and a sample letter - A, B, C, D, or E, depending on which sample of the five collected it represents. 
    3. Place all five plant samples (i.e. individual bags) for a field/site into a single gallon bag
      1. Please write on the gallon bag a sample identifier using the following protocol: collector’s initials, year collected and herbicide sample number (for example, JP22HS#001  – where JP are the initials for Jane Public who collected the sample, 22 represents the year collected – 2022, HS#001 identifies that this is the first herbicide sample collected)
    4. Go to #4
    5. Repeat for each new field/site.

 

Herbicide Resistance
  1. Select five plants to sample within each field/site
    1. For each plant sample:
      1. Collect 5 leaves
    2. Place leaves into a Ziplock® bag (as pictured below) with a piece of paper towel and a paper label that indicates the suspected species and includes the collector’s name, collection date, county, plant location within the field (latitude/longitude), and a sample letter - A, B, C, D, or E, depending on which sample of the five collected it represents. 
    3. Place all five plant samples (i.e. individual bags) for a field/site into a single gallon bag
      1. Please write on the gallon bag a sample identifier using the following protocol: collector’s initials, year collected and herbicide sample number (for example, JP22HS#001  – where JP are the initials for Jane Public who collected the sample, 22 represents the year collected – 2022, HS#001 identifies that this is the first herbicide sample collected)
    4. Go to #4
    5. Repeat for each new field/site.

 

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If requested to collect samples for a research project, MDA will provide a specific collection protocol to be followed.

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Free money for local school food: Farm to School Grants webinar

Starts:
Wed, 11/2/2022 - 3:00 pm
Ends:
Wed, 11/2/2022 - 4:00 pm
MDA is a:
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MDA Contact:
Kate Seybold
Kate.Seybold@state.mn.us
651-201-6165

Details:

It’s a great time to start or grow your Farm to School program! No matter the size or location, your school district is eligible to receive money to buy local food and kitchen equipment through our Farm to School Grant program.

Join us and the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy to find out what's new and exciting about this year's grants, hear directly from previous recipients about what it's like to apply, and ask questions about the application process.

Thanks to support from the USDA Local Foods for Schools program, we have more than $4 million to award to schools this year, so sign up for the webinar and visit our Farm to School Grants webpage for program details.

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