b'ical decision to maketo keep the fielddayonline,avoidingcutting out evaluators as travel constraints linger,ortobringbackthetradi-tionalmodelofin-persontuber evaluation. While members were in favorofanin-personexperience, manymembers,whohistorically participate, were still unable to join thisin-personexperience.Inturn, members of NFPT developed a new, hybrid model for evaluation. Members who were able to partici-pate in the East Grand Forks in-per-son evaluation had the opportunity to evaluate the potatoes in their typ-ical capacity, and those restricted byIn-person evaluations of the NFPT varieties in East Grand Forks, Minnesota.travelmaintainedtheopportunitypotatos viability for fry processing,it is looking like NFPT just created a ofparticipatingthroughphoto- were available online for both cate- revamped Field Day model for years graphsandonlinedata.Internalgoriesofevaluatorstoview.Withto come. data, including factors that affect athe success of this hybrid approach, MARCH 2022 POTATO GROWER 7'