This is day 9 of Riverview High School's summer ag tour and on the third stop of the day we visited the LTF Greenhouse in Tifton, Ga. Which is also know as the largest plant greenhouse in the southeast!
As we toured this facility we were shown essentially the 5 step process from where the plants are grown to harvested, packed and shipped out. Plus everything in between of course. As mentioned earlier this was the largest greenhouse in the southeast, they have over 81 greenhouses. This facility harvests over 7 different products from watermelon to peppers and even cantaloupe!
This specific greenhouse depends solely on their workers know as the “H2A” workers and without them this would not exist, considering everything is HAND harvested you could imagine how much work they put in to providing you a top tier product.
When the product is complete and done in packaging they are brought into these super big coolers where they stay there for no longer then 48 hours. Fruits and vegies actually have a really short shelf life if not stored correctly. I learned that cucumbers actually have this edible wax that is put on them which makes them look shiny and essentially more appealing to the consumers. Although it doesn’t sound to great it’s actually been done for a super long time.
I really enjoyed this stop and being able to see exactly where this food came from and being washed and packed.
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