Title: Field to fork
1Field to fork
2Lets look at how potatoes get fromfield to
fork
3Can you remember how potatoes are grown?
Preparing the ground
Chitting
Planting
Look at the picturesto help you explain.
Growing
Harvesting
4What happens to potatoes after they are harvested?
5Delivered
The harvested potatoes are loaded onto lorries
and taken to the processing centre.
Where are the potatoes?
6Washed
What do you think is happening in this photograph?
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.
7Sized and checked
What is happening in these photographs?
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.
8Weighed
Can you see what is happening to the potatoes in
this machine?
After washing and sizing, the potatoes are
weighed into the right amounts ready for packing.
9Bagged
What do you notice about the bag?
The potatoes are now placed in bags ready to be
taken to different shops and supermarkets.
10Labelled
What is a variety of potato called?
The bags show the weight and variety of the
potatoes. They also show where the potatoes were
grown, nutritional information and serving
suggestions.
11Ready 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.
12Potato dishes
What can you see here?
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.
13Potato dishes
In the shops, the potatoes are displayed in
different ways to attract the shopper. Sometimes
there are special offers likebuy one get one
free.
Have you seen potatoes like these before?
14Schools
What sort of potato can you see here?
Potatoes are used to make lots of different
dishes in schools.
15Restaurant
Have you eaten a potato dish in a restaurant?
Restaurants use potatoes to make different dishes
for their customers.
16At home
Have you eaten any of these meals at home?
Potatoes can be used in lots of different ways to
make tasty dishes and meals at home
17Can you remember how potatoes get fromfield to
fork?
18From field to fork thethe potatos journey
Harvest
Sort
Grow