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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

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

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

  4. 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?

  6. 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 

  8. 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 

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

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

  17. 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?

  19. Lunch

  20. 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

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

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

  26. 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

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

  34. 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

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

  38. 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

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

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