{"id":631,"date":"2020-07-30T13:58:28","date_gmt":"2020-07-30T17:58:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/?p=631"},"modified":"2020-07-30T14:11:56","modified_gmt":"2020-07-30T18:11:56","slug":"report-unsolicited-packages-if-seeds","status":"public-archive","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/2020\/07\/30\/report-unsolicited-packages-if-seeds\/","title":{"rendered":"Report Unsolicited Packages of Seeds"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Several Massachusetts residents have received unsolicited packages of seeds believed to contain invasive plant species which pose a significant risk to agricultural and the environment. Sudbury&#8217;s natural spaces have already been significantly impacted by invasive species which have gained a foothold in the area, including bittersweet, Japanese knotweed and garlic mustard.&nbsp; Help keep new invasive species from being planted.<\/p>\n<p>The Massachusetts Department of Agricultural Resources (MDAR) requests anyone who receives an unsolicitied package of seed to immediately contact them through this <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mass.gov\/forms\/receipt-of-unsolicited-seeds\">link<\/a> and a representative from MDAR or the US Department of Agriculture will contact you with instructions for disposal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you received an unsolicited package of seeds in the mail? What you need to know <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/2020\/07\/30\/report-unsolicited-packages-if-seeds\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Report Unsolicited Packages of Seeds\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":163,"featured_media":632,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/163"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=631"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":634,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/631\/revisions\/634"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/632"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=631"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=631"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/conservation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=631"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}