A local family farm invited homeschoolers to visit during potato harvesting time. First we watched the potato sorting process. Dump trucks slowly unloaded potatoes into a series of conveyors where loose dirt falls out, and dirt clods & misshapen potatoes are pulled out by hand. Fallen dirt was cleared out with a bobcat. It looked like the entire extended family was working that day.
Next we went to the field where the potatoes were being machine harvested and loaded into dump trucks. We gleaned small potatoes that were left by the machine.
The potatoes are stored in a huge pile in an enclosed building. During the winter, the potatoes are washed & packaged on-site, and then sold as seed potatoes (certified disease free).
Books: We Gather Together by Pfeffer
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