date:Jun 05, 2014
ow and fraught with health and safety issues. We were packing six tonnes of potatoes per hour, which meant someone had to physically carry 40 sacks to each pallet, says Chris Abel, one half of the mother-son partnership that runs the 200-hectare century-old family farm near Lichfield, Staffordshire.
The farms core business is growing chipping varieties of potato, such as Challenger, Leonardo and Markies, for supply to fish and chip shops and wholesalers nationwide. To take the 100-year-old bus