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1 Washing, Packing, Post Harvest Michael Kilpatrick Kilpatrick Family Farm In The Field

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5 Harvest and Post-harvest Michael Kilpatrick Kilpatrick Family Farm

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14 Chris Blanchard s Harvesting Rules Drag containers rather than pushing them keep the container near the hand that the product ends up in, and never cross your body with your hands keep supplies like twist ties and rubber bands next to the hand that grabs them. don t set tools down, learn to work while holding knife (rubberbanding, twist tying) Keep tools sharp, if you feel it when you cut yourself, it isn t sharp enough Track progress week to week, share with crew for a reinforcing feedback loop purplepitchfork.com/blackbelt.

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26 bunch line vegetable washer greens line in feed barrel washer coolers tomato area Kilpatrick Family Farm

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78 Cooling requirements Most crops do best between 32 and 35 several do best around 50 if sweet potatoes go below 55 damage can occur. at 45, shelf life is 1/2 that of 32 - keep produce cool hb66/contents.html

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81 Sanitation Use stainless steel, concrete, FRP board, or plastic for walls, floors, doors use an approved sanitizer: Peroxyacetic Acid (PPA) Trade name (Sanidate, Tsunami), Clorine, (Allowed in organic only as a cleaner) Quaternary Ammonium Compounds (Quats) (not allowed in organic production)

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84 Root Celler 40 x 8 x 9 insulated shipping container Movable, no need for building around it $15 thousand invested- holding $60 thousand in product. 3 HP condenser- 2 evaporators

85 container sources ebay.com craigslist.com barrinc.com

86 Inside the root cellar note stainless walls slatted floor to keep the humidity up(90%), we hose down bags crops are stacked on pallets to keep them organized

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107 using natural cooling Thermostat measuring outside air(set for heating) thermostat measuring inside air (set for cooling) Fan (in window bringing in cold air)

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109 Outside Air System Louver to let air circulate Inside air thermostat Outside air thermostat Fan

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113 Richard de Wilde Harmony Valley Farm

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