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?

The harvested potatoes are loaded onto lorries and taken to the processing centre.

Delivered

Where are the potatoes?

The soil is washed from the potatoes. Then they go on to be sorted into different sizes for use as baking, roasting, salad or general purpose potatoes.

Washed

What do you think is happening in this

photograph?

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.

Sized and checked

What is happening in these photographs?

After washing and sizing, the potatoes are weighed into the right amounts ready for packing.

Weighed

Can you see what is happening to the potatoes in this

machine?

The potatoes are now placed in bags ready to be taken to different shops and supermarkets.

Bagged

What do you notice about the bag?

The bags show the weight and variety of the potatoes. They also show where the potatoes were grown, nutritional information and serving suggestions.

Labelled

What is this variety of potato called?

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.

Ready to go

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.

What can you see here?

Potato dishes

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’.

Shops

Have you seen potatoes like these

before?

Potatoes are used to make lots of different dishes in schools.

Schools

What sort of potato can you see here?

Restaurants use potatoes to make different dishes for their customers.

Restaurant

Have you eaten a potato dish in a

restaurant?

Potatoes can be used in lots of different ways to make tasty dishes and meals at home.

At home

Have you eaten any of these meals at home?

Can you remember how potatoes get from

‘field to fork’?

From field to fork: the potato’s journey

Grow HarvestSort

Process

Buy Cook

Eat