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Field to fork

Field to fork. Let’s look at how potatoes get from ‘field to fork’. Can you remember how potatoes are grown?. Look at the pictures to help you explain. Preparing the ground. Chitting. Planting. Growing. Harvesting. What happens to potatoes after they are harvested?. Delivered.

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Field to fork

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  1. Field to fork

  2. Let’s look at how potatoes get from ‘field to fork’.

  3. Can you remember how potatoes are grown? Look at the pictures to help you explain. Preparing the ground Chitting Planting Growing Harvesting

  4. What happens to potatoes after they are harvested?

  5. Delivered Where are the potatoes? The harvested potatoes are loaded onto lorries and taken to the processing centre.

  6. Washed What do you think is happening in this photograph? The soil is washed from the potatoes which then go on to be sorted into different sizes for use as baking, roasting, salad or general purpose potatoes.

  7. Sized and checked What is happening in these photographs? All of the potatoes are checked before they go to be weighed and packed. This is to make sure they are good enough to be sold.

  8. Weighed Can you see what is happening to the potatoes in this machine? After washing and sizing, the potatoes are weighed into the right amounts ready for packing.

  9. Bagged What do you notice about the bag? The potatoes are now placed in bags ready to be taken to different shops and supermarkets.

  10. Labelled What is this variety of potato called? The bags show the weight and variety of the potatoes. They also show where the potato was grown, nutritional information and serving suggestions.

  11. Ready to go Finally, the potatoes are packed into big bags and placed onto pallets. Placing the packed potatoes onto pallets allows a forklift truck to easily load the potatoes onto containers ready to be taken to shops and processing centres.

  12. Potato dishes What can you see here? Potatoes that are sent to the processing centre are used to make lots of potato dishes. Some of them are cooked and then frozen, others are made into fresh ready meals, and some are added to other ingredients to make meals.

  13. Shops Have you seen potatoes like these before? In the shops, the potatoes are displayed in different ways to attract the shopper. Sometimes there are special offers like ‘buy one get one free’.

  14. Schools What sort of potato can you see here? Potatoes are used to make lots of different dishes in schools.

  15. Restaurant Have you eaten a potato dish in a restaurant? Restaurants use potatoes to make different dishes for their customers.

  16. At home Have you eaten any of these meals at home? We can use potatoes in lots of different ways to make tasty dishes and meals at home.

  17. Can you remember how potatoes get from ‘field to fork’?

  18. From field to fork: the potato’s journey Grow Harvest Sort Eat Process Cook Buy

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