{"id":104640,"date":"2020-07-29T16:37:54","date_gmt":"2020-07-29T23:37:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/69.46.6.243\/?p=104640"},"modified":"2020-07-29T16:50:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T23:50:43","slug":"calaveras-ag-dept-says-do-not-open-plant-or-dispose-of-seed-packets-from-china-drop-them-off-in-san-andreas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/?p=104640","title":{"rendered":"Calaveras Ag Dept Says&#8230;Do Not Open, Plant or Dispose of Seed Packets from China. Drop them off in San Andreas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;Unsolicited seed packets from China and other parts of Asia have begun to arrive in Calaveras County. The Environmental Management Agency started receiving phone calls this afternoon. The California Department of Food and Agriculture recently became aware of the reports that seed packets are being shipped to home owners throughout the United States which now include Calaveras residents.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-104641\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds.jpg 718w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds-300x103.jpg 300w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds-570x195.jpg 570w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds-701x240.jpg 701w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23630\" src=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CalaverasCountySeal.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CalaverasCountySeal.jpg 220w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CalaverasCountySeal-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/CalaverasCountySeal-30x30.jpg 30w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 220px) 100vw, 220px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Department of Food and Agriculture is instructing residents not to open, plant, or dispose of any unsolicited seed packets received. Calaveras residents are instructed to take all seed packets in a sealed bag or container to the Environmental Management Agency \u2013 Department of Agriculture\/Weights and Measures located at:<\/p>\n<p>Agriculture Department\/Weight and Measures<br \/>\n23 E. Saint Charles<br \/>\nSan Andreas, CA 95249<br \/>\nPHONE: (209) 754-6504<br \/>\nEXTENSON #3<br \/>\nMon &#8211; Fri: 8am &#8211; 5pm<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>San Andreas, CA&#8230;Unsolicited seed packets from China and other parts of Asia have begun to arrive in Calaveras County. The Environmental Management Agency started receiving phone calls this afternoon. The California Department of Food and Agriculture recently became aware of the reports that seed packets are being shipped to home owners throughout the United States [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":104641,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_cbd_carousel_blocks":"[]","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[20,5,1,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-104640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-government","category-news","category-san-andreas","last_archivepost"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/chinaseeds.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=104640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/104640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/104641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=104640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=104640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.thepinetree.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=104640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}