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Harvesting,Storage and Presentation Adam York www.glebelandsmarketgarden.co. uk

or Lets Not Trash The Crops? Reputation of Org Veg Currently? Liquid Watercress Anybody? Good Veg Displays?  Are Growers also Traders and Sellers? 

Do We Need Higher Standards? • Perceptions Shaped By Sainsbury et al in the 1980s? • Cold Chain Process • Respiration in Plants • Curve of Damage • Concept of Freshness • Competitive Pressures and Opportunities • Can We Do It Better, and Profitably?

Harvesting-When Time of Day Eg dawn/evening  Temperature,ie what speed respiration?  Maturity of crop  Are Packers ready?  State of Soil,wet soil=compaction 

Harvesting-How/Mechanised Arable/commoditised crops Eg roots  Big Rigs,Conveyors,Unskilled Labour  Root Lifters  Pallet boxes-Forklifts/Telehandlers  Scale-low value crop  Washer kit 

Non-Mechanised Crops Broad Beans/Runner/French Beans  Cucumbers/Aubergines/Peppers  Tomatoes  Roots with Tops Eg Carrots+Celeriac  PSB/Kales  Lettuce Heads  Salad Leaves? 

Harvesting-How/Less Mechanised Labour Intensive  Higher Value crop  Crops of greater fragility  Trolleys,Link boxes,standardised crates  Scissors/Knives 

Regulatory Issues • Food Safety Legislation+Registration • EHOs, Horticultural Marketing Inspectorate, Trading Standards • HACCP System • Class I + II Definitions Reactive System With Grey Areas? Prosecutions of Supermarkets?

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Storage • Building design-Insulation • Wipeable Walls and EHOs • Plastic Bags/Crop Separation/Ethylene • Cold Stores, Cellars,Squash Rooms,Clamps • Some Crop Example Requirements Eg Calabrese and Squash rooms • Crop Improvement V £ Spent

Storage Temperature Bands Temperate Crops;0-1ºC Eg Caulis  Mediterranean Crops; 6-8ºC Eg Peppers  Tropical Crops;14-18ºC Eg Bananas 

Washing Cooling and Cleaning  Baths  Food Grade Plastics  Tap Pressure  Power Washers  Barrel Washers 

At The Packhouse/Shed • Use of “Cold” Water -Hydrocooling • Secret Weaponary;£10sprayer+plastic bag • Gently with the boxes! • Roots, washed/unwashed? • Grading Eg Apples 55mm+Onions 50mm+ • Pricing

Presentation Packaging Films  Boxes and Return Systems  Lining Paper  Labelling  Barcodes-SATO Type Printers  Moisture-Sheen-Morning Dew,etc 

Transportation Onwards • Ambient Groupage Networks(Palletways et al) • Chilled Operators • March-October Options • Supermarket Chilled Trucks, What Temperature and For How Long? • Low Tec options

Transportation Home • The Last Mile Challenge • Carbon, Energy and Marketing Opportunities? • Non-chilled Shopping Bags and Car Boots • Home Delivery Systems • Thermotainers

People Issues • Unskilled work in Multiples,and Fields? • Status Associations • Training and a Career Path • Malcolm Gladwell’s 10,000 hrs • Autonomy and Motivation • Apprenticeships and Young People

Refresher Quiz Leeks(why in nets?) Broad Beans French Beans Mushrooms Lettuce Peppers Purple Sprouting