In Videos: Harvesting Nuts
If you're like most people, you'll likely be eating nuts of some sort as part of holiday nut sampler, but do you know how they’re harvested? After the jump, a clip from Our Daily Bread, a documentary by Nikolaus Geyrhalter. Basically, a tractor with a giant arm shakes the crap out of the tree in question, after which a sort of industrial vacuum cleaner–shovel scoops them up and dumps them on a tarp.
The Nut Harvest
With a giant mechanical arm going at the tree, it seems like beating the poor thing with a long stick would be a bit redundant, but I'm sure it serves a purpose. [via Coudal Partners]
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2 Comments:
Pereg Spices uses a similar machine to harvest olives for their olive oil. They have either a tarp or some sort of large cover-funnel system set up under the tree so collection is easier.
Kmelion at 12:21PM on 12/02/08
whoa - that's nuts!
GingerSnap at 1:34PM on 12/02/08