Field to fork Needs a title – Learning about potatoes

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?

Delivered Where are the potatoes? Can these types of potatoes be labelled? The harvested potatoes are loaded onto lorries and taken to the processing centre.

What do you think is happening in this photograph? Washed 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.

What is happening in these photographs? Sized 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.

Can you see what is happening to the potatoes in this machine? Weighed 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.

What do you notice about the bag? Bagged What do you notice about the bag? The potatoes are now placed in bags ready to be taken to different shops and supermarkets.

What is this variety of potato called? Labelled What is this 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.

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 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.

Have you seen potatoes like these before? Shops Have you seen potatoes like these before? Can these types of potatoes be labelled? 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’.

What sort of potato can you see here? Schools What sort of potato can you see here? Potatoes are used to make lots of different dishes in schools.

Have you eaten a potato dish in a restaurant? Restaurants use potatoes to make different dishes for their customers.

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.

Can you remember how potatoes get from ‘field to fork’?

From field to fork: the potato’s journey Grow Harvest Sort From field to fork: the potato’s journey Eat Process Cook Buy