Field to fork

Let’s look at how potatoes get from

‘field to fork’

Can you remember how potatoes are grown?

Look at the picturesto help you explain.

Preparing the ground Chitting Planting

Growing Harvesting

What happens to potatoesafter they are harvested?

Delivered

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

Where are the potatoes?

Washed

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.

What do you think is happeningin this photograph?

Sized and checked

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.

What is happening in thesephotographs?

Weighed

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

Can you see what is happening tothe potatoes in this machine?

Bagged

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

What do you notice about the bag?

Labelled

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

What is a variety of potato called?

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.

Potato dishes

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’.

Have you seen potatoes like these before?

Schools

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

What sort of potato can you see here?

Restaurant

Restaurants use potatoes tomake different dishes fortheir customers.

Have you eaten a potatodish in a restaurant?

At home

Potatoes can be used in lots of different ways to make tasty dishes and meals 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:the potato’s journey

Grow Harvest Sort