Unwashed potatoes, waiting to be processed
Potatoes being gently scrubbed
This sorts the potatoes into different sizes. Larger ones stay at the top and smallest at the bottom, with any debris falling through to the very bottom.
Here the different sized potatoes are sent down individual belts to then be picked through manually, looking for any defects.
All potatoes from Kroeker farms are passed on to Peak of the Market.
Our class weighs this much....wait until after the semester....lol
One sack of potatoes weighs 2616lbs! But one truck, within Canada, can transport up to 54,000 lbs. These potatoes go as far south as Texas. A truck transporting this far can transport up to 43,000lbs of potatoes.
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ReplyDeleteToday we visited Kroekers Potato Farm. We got to see potatoes being punched, examined and rated. They keep the storage and farm at like 8 degrees Celsius so it’s always freezing. Potatoes have to be kept in total darkness. They look for defects and discoloring and take them out and examine them. We were taken up on really high platforms to be able to look down at the whole process. I didn’t like that so much because I am scared of heights yikes! They rate the potatoes class 1 which is no defects, class 2 some defects and class 3 lots of defects. There are many different colors that potatoes can come in like yellow, red, purple and black. The machines are all operated by 2 computers. They do not make fries or chips just package potatoes and corn, cabbage and peaches.
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ReplyDeleteToday we visited Kroekers Potato Farm. The potatoes are stored in large rooms in complete darkness. Do you know what happens to potatoes if left in the sun? They spoil and turn to mush and the only thing you could do with them is make sour cream.
When they are ready to use the potatoes, they have to wash them. They pile them into a large heap and run a pipe in the middle which they pump water through. They direct the water with large pieces of plastic.
Now the potatoes go on a conveyor belt where a lady would pick certain potatoes and cut them open to check for issues or problems. They then went to the sorting machine which sorted them by size. I couldn't hear because the machines were so loud but I think it was sorting them by size because I saw the smaller potatoes on the bottom rack. It also got rid of dirt and left over parts of the roots. The potatoes went on a conveyor took them to a machine that counted the good potatoes and how many bad potatoes there were. From here they went through a belt and ended up at two ladies who rated the potatoes as level one or two. Level one was perfect and/or very good and level two being still good but had some visual defects. What I noticed after they were examined they went to a man that filled the 50 lb sacks and then another worker put them on pallets.
I enjoyed our visit to Kroeker Farms because I think it would be a cool job because they get to work with alot of machines and nice people.
today we went to the big dog ranch it was funny for because on the way there we got lost. but after a few minutes and some talking we managed to find our way to the ranch. First we were welcomed by some very cute dogs then Kevin came out and handed us a booklet then he should us his apple orchard and he should his peach trees and his raspberries also his wife's lovely fenced garden sorry one of the 3. after we saw all of his plants then we to go see all the animals he had first we saw some of his goats it was cool because he even brought one of the goats to us to pet. then we saw all of the cows he had that was interesting to see how cereus the cows of use. then we moved on to see the other goats that he had and we saw some chickens and I thought that was pretty cool to see that little donkey that he had with the goats I already knew that donkeys were protective but not that protective. like when he talked about all the kids that the donkey killed and that it tried to kill a cow. I could go on for ever about how much I liked that farm and the stories he told us but I am going to end it here this is another blog from jaydson.
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