AVOCADO Harvest FINALLY! How To Harvest, Grade, Weigh, Pack, Transport, Fruits From Avocado Orchard🌳
Summary
TLDRIn this episode of 'Back to Nature Africa,' the host celebrates the early harvest at their organic farm, emphasizing the importance of a natural, holistic lifestyle. The video showcases the avocado harvest process, from picking and sorting to packing and weighing, highlighting the farm's sustainable practices. The host discusses the financial aspects of farming, comparing avocado prices globally and the impact of current events on supply chains. The episode concludes with a tribute to farmers and the health benefits of avocados, dubbed 'green gold,' encouraging viewers to appreciate the hard work behind every food product.
Takeaways
- 🌱 The video is set in 'Back to Nature Organic Farms', emphasizing a holistic, natural lifestyle and its importance for health and happiness.
- 🙌 The speaker expresses gratitude to the audience and the almighty for life's continued gift, highlighting the importance of an attitude of gratitude.
- 💰 The episode discusses the financial aspect of farming, especially considering it as a social enterprise and the need for sustainable income generation.
- 🌳 The video showcases an early harvest day at the farm, illustrating the process from picking avocados to packing and weighing them for sale.
- 📈 The farm is part of a long-term initiative, focusing on institution building to create a legacy for future generations.
- 📦 The harvesters from a large avocado oil producer company are featured, detailing their harvesting, sorting, and packing methods.
- 🛒 The video explains different market approaches for selling produce, such as farm gate sales, middlemen, and direct sales to producers.
- 📈 The avocado market's dynamics are discussed, including price variations in Kenya and the U.S., and the impact of global events on avocado supply and value chains.
- 🌍 The script mentions the competitive advantage of East Africa's longer harvest window for avocados, positioning Africa as a future leader in avocado production.
- 🌿 The video emphasizes the benefits of permaculture, where once trees are established, they can produce for decades with proper care.
- 🍾 The speaker concludes by celebrating the harvest, acknowledging the hard work of farmers, and encouraging a toast to the organic farming community.
Q & A
What is the name of the farm mentioned in the script?
-The name of the farm mentioned in the script is 'Back to Nature Organic Farms'.
What is the significance of the 'Back to Nature' initiative according to the script?
-The 'Back to Nature' initiative is a social enterprise that promotes a natural, holistic lifestyle approach to maintain health and happiness, and advocates for being close to nature for a more peaceful and whole existence.
What is the importance of having an attitude of gratitude as mentioned in the script?
-Having an attitude of gratitude is important as it helps individuals to appreciate the gift of life, including the ability to breathe, see, hear, and continue living.
What is the topic of discussion for the day in the script?
-The topic of discussion for the day in the script is about money, referred to with various slang terms like 'moolah', 'cha ching', 'dough', 'guap', and 'cheddar', and its consideration in farming for sustainability.
What is the significance of the early harvest day on the farm as described in the script?
-The early harvest day is significant because it marks the time when the avocado trees, planted two to three years ago, are ready for their first harvest, showcasing the fruits of their labor and the success of their farming practices.
What are some of the names for money mentioned in the script?
-Some of the names for money mentioned in the script include 'moolah', 'cha ching', 'dough', 'guap', and 'cheddar'.
What is the typical harvest season for avocados in East Africa according to the script?
-The typical harvest season for avocados in East Africa, as mentioned in the script, is around March, April, May, June, and July.
How does the script describe the process of harvesting avocados on the farm?
-The script describes the harvesting process as involving picking the avocados, initial sorting, clipping the stems, packing them in crates, stacking the crates, weighing them, and then loading them onto a transport vehicle.
What is the advantage of having avocado trees as part of a farm according to the script?
-The advantage of having avocado trees on a farm, as described in the script, is that they provide a long-term source of produce that can last for 30, 40, or even 50 years with proper care, unlike short-term vegetables that require replanting after each harvest.
What is the price range for avocados in Kenya according to the script?
-According to the script, the price range for avocados in Kenya is between 20 to 50 shillings, depending on whether they are bought from a street vendor or a supermarket.
How does the script describe the impact of global events on avocado farming?
-The script describes the impact of global events, such as the situation in Ukraine and Russia, on avocado farming by mentioning that food prices are going through the roof, which affects avocado supply and value chains.
What is the script's final message to the viewers?
-The final message in the script is a salute to all farmers and food producers for their hard work in feeding humanity, emphasizing the importance and blessing of farmers to mankind.
Outlines
🌱 Welcome to Back to Nature Organic Farms
The video begins with a warm welcome to the Back to Nature Organic Farms, a social enterprise focused on sustainable and holistic farming practices. The host expresses gratitude for life and the community's support, emphasizing the importance of an attitude of gratitude. The episode's theme revolves around the importance of money in farming, particularly in a commercial or social enterprise context. The host introduces the concept of farming as a means to generate income and impact society positively, while staying close to nature for a happier and healthier lifestyle.
🌳 Early Harvest Day and Farm Sustainability
This paragraph highlights the special occasion of the early harvest day on the farm. The host explains the significance of sustainable farming, which includes regenerative practices for future generations. The video showcases the avocado trees that have been in the ground for varying years and the harvest season in East Africa, which extends from March to July. The host also discusses the competitive advantage of avocado production in Africa due to a longer harvest window compared to other regions. The video includes a behind-the-scenes look at the harvest process, from picking and sorting avocados to packing and weighing them for transport.
📦 Avocado Harvesting and Market Dynamics
The host delves into the details of the avocado harvesting process, including the involvement of a local organic avocado oil producer. The paragraph explains the various stages of harvesting, such as picking, sorting, clipping, packing, and weighing the avocados. It also touches on the different market approaches, such as farm gate sales, middlemen, and direct sales to producers. The video provides insights into the pricing and payment process for the harvested avocados, emphasizing the importance of fair compensation for farmers.
🌿 Avocado Tree Growth and Future Harvests
The host takes viewers on a walk through the farm, showcasing avocado trees at different stages of growth. The paragraph discusses the long-term benefits of planting trees, which can produce for decades with proper care. It also mentions the upcoming harvests in the next few months and the potential for a third harvest within six months. The video highlights the permaculture approach to farming, emphasizing the permanence and sustainability of tree crops compared to short-term vegetable cultivation.
💰 Avocado Prices and Farmer Salute
The final paragraph discusses the varying prices of avocados in different markets, from Kenya to the United States, and the impact of global events on avocado supply chains. The host addresses the challenges faced by farmers in receiving fair prices for their produce. The video concludes with a salute to all farmers and food producers for their essential role in feeding humanity. The host expresses gratitude to the viewers for their continued support and ends the video on a celebratory note with the harvest of organic produce.
Mindmap
Keywords
💡Back to Nature
💡Organic Farms
💡Social Enterprise
💡Sustainability
💡Harvest
💡Avocado
💡Permaculture
💡Farmgate
💡Pruning
💡TLC (Tender Loving Care)
Highlights
Welcome to Back to Nature Organic Farms, a community-driven initiative promoting a holistic lifestyle.
The importance of an attitude of gratitude for appreciating life's gifts.
Emphasizing the connection between nature and human well-being, advocating for natural living.
Introducing the concept of Back to Nature as a social enterprise with a focus on organic farming.
Highlighting the financial aspect of farming and the need for sustainable income generation.
Discussing the early harvest day at the farm, showcasing the fruits of labor.
The significance of the harvest season in East Africa and its potential for avocado production.
Introducing a special harvest arrangement with a large organic avocado oil producer.
Demonstrating the avocado harvesting process, from picking to initial sorting.
Detailing the packing and weighing process of avocados for market readiness.
The economic impact of global events on avocado supply and value chains.
Exploring different market approaches for selling avocados, from farm gate to supermarkets.
The permaculture approach to farming, emphasizing long-term sustainability.
The potential for avocado trees to produce for decades with proper care.
The future plans for scaling up the farm and expanding the orchard.
The health benefits of avocados as a superfood and their economic value.
A salute to all farmers and food producers for their essential role in society.
Closing thoughts on the importance of community and the force of nature.
Transcripts
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greetings greetings greetings
back to nature africa
back to nature family back to nature
community
back to nature collective welcome to
another fantastic beautiful beautiful
episode right here in the garden of
paradise
aka also known as back to nature organic
farms we want to welcome everyone out
there at youtube land who continues to
follow us on our journey who continues
to play a role in a part of this family
and particularly in the comment section
i love all your comments and getting
your chance to engage in an act interact
with everyone there
and say uh thank you not only uh what i
want to say thank you to each and every
one of you but i want to say thank you
to the almighty for this continued gift
that we call life
still breathing heart is still kicking
eyes can still see ears can still hear
attitude of gratitude is so important
and so with that let's get started with
another beautiful uh you know wonderful
episode here in this abundance
that we call mother nature on a very
powerful episode
that cannot be
factored out
when we are considering
farming particularly if you're gonna
approach it as a commercial farm or even
as a social enterprise sort of you know
something that will generate you know
income
generate
profit but impact the society so sort of
back to nature organic farms
and our initiative back to nature it's
more of a social
enterprise so how do we always get
started you know we get started by just
pointing out that the closer we are to
nature the more whole happier peace at
ease
we are the further we get away from
nature when we move into artificial
living into fake lifestyles and fake
news and
so much
denatured living we get into areas of
life that are not as conducive
towards the edification
of realizing our full optimal human
potential so we
advocate we inspire motivating courage
kenyans east africans africans and
beyond to adopt more natural holistic
lifestyle approaches towards maintaining
because if you're healthy there's
nothing when you want to do more than
maintain your health
or regain it if you've lost it so
today's episode
we're going to talk about the moolah
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we'll call it here in kenya
right cha ching
you know the dough the guap the
cheddar what are all the names for this
thing that we call money and we have to
take that in consideration for farming
because if not we will not be able to
farm sustainably
and sustainably means something that can
be able to regenerate to continue and we
are very big on understanding
institution building
right something that we can leave for
our future generations to come and
therefore
today is a special day because it is
early harvest day on the farm that's why
actually where i think
you you where i've chosen to film here
today you're going to see something here
in a second uh or i should be pointing
up there in a second um
that our trees
have now been in the ground
a year
two years two and a half years three
years now
and we are now
for
this particular region here in east
africa it sits along the crater equator
the tropical region
the season for harvest usually comes
around
the
march
april
may
june july so we have a window there
that extends sometimes it extends a
little further that's one of the reasons
that africa is the future for avocado
production
uh because our competitors in the world
mexico and peru and the southern african
southern american countries their window
closes
while the east african ones and even in
africa i know south africa is a big
producer as well we have a little bit of
a longer window so
our early harvest on this farm
is what happened today
and uh
there you go modern technology always
working for you can't live with it can't
live without it
and so with that ladies and gentlemen
we're gonna have a discussion here and
what you're gonna see
actually you're gonna be doing a little
bit of editing magic
which i typically you know don't do i
usually like uh just turn on the camera
one take and rock and roll but you're
going to see cut in shots here
of different parts of the harvest that
was going on in the farm today
and since it was a long period or over a
period of time of
the harvesters coming
um
actually funny enough i'm not sure in
this episode in a future episode i'll
talk about
when you are going now to harvest and
taking your produce to market what are
all the different options there is the
farm gate or individuals that will come
and meet you at the farm
gate there are the middle men
there are actual uh producers that uh in
the area who you know have their own
particular brands and they sort of buy
from you or
others who are making oil
avocado oil you know so there are many
different ways so we went with a
particular interesting farmgate approach
with an arrangement where one of the
local actually i think it's probably the
largest
oil avocado oil producer in the world
and particularly organic
avocado oil came to the farm today they
brought
along with them
their harvesters
they brought their crates
they brought we were sort of testing
them to see what kind of structural
organization that they have the prices
that they were working with you know
sort of uh how they were going to treat
the farmer coming here because we're
going to go into pruning uh the trees
here in a few
weeks to come you know etc and so that's
what you're gonna you know have a chance
to see how um they were able to pick
some of the avocados once they picked
they started doing some initial early
sorting of the avocados and the clipping
of the
the different uh the same little stem
that comes along because that determines
how quickly the avocado will ripen
you know etc you have a chance to see
how they pack the avocados within the
crates
how then those crates are stacked how
eventually the crates
are weighed
and with the weighing how you're able to
tabulate
the the different weight
of
the avocados in the different crates uh
containers that they have
and then
how they pack it onto their transport
vehicle
you have a chance to uh sort of see you
know how what goes into that and get a
chance i think i might even find a way
to get a picture of the the receipt
that's given because as we go through
each crate we're taking
tabulating the amount of weight and
writing it down and then getting a
chance of total
of the total amount of weight and you
know across the board and so it has been
a very interesting
experience here today and very
fulfilling because you put in so much
work you've put in so much effort and
still our trees are not yet mature trees
mature trees about five years in so
we're still about three years in and yet
we still were able to get a pretty
decent
um
in terms of weight
uh
and a number of avocados from our two
300 trees that we currently have on our
particular farm so you have a chance to
see that however i want to pick up the
camera now and i want to go around
showing you
how
some trees
were ready for the fruits to be picked
today
and others are still
relatively
young
and
in about two months
two and a half three months on a number
of the other trees we'll be harvesting
again
and probably even get a third harvest
over the course of the next six months
and so avocados in this beautiful and
this is a beautiful thing about
um uh going with trees and
sort of a permaculture at least
permaculture comes from the name
permanent
culture meaning that once you put the
trees in they're a little bit different
than the three month vegetables
four month vegetable 90 day vegetables
that you
harvest and then you plant again you
harvest you plant again
once these trees are in the ground
and once you've given them the nutrients
they've gotten the water you know the
tlc we talk about here the tender loving
care
right
these trees will produce for 30
40
50
plus
years and each year
the volume goes up
and more trees particularly if you prune
them correctly
know when to give them the right
you know nutrition and vitamins and
minerals and the water
all of that it's a beautiful thing and
that's why for the rest of the land that
we have
we haven't been able from certain
challenges we have we haven't been able
to get
many other trees on there yet but we
have hundreds if not thousands of more
trees that are going to be coming to
this orchard and scaling up what we have
sort of uh been in
i would say a research and development
on on this this part of the land that
has about 300 trees or so
on the land so let me pick the camera up
and let's have a short brief walk
through
uh the farm and just show you different
trees at different stages even though we
harvested today and we're able
to
be
happy with what we were able to
come off the bring off the land so
we always sort of
show
our water tower there in the background
so we're in phase b
phase two
um
and
block a
so you'll see this tree by the way
beautiful tree twice as tall as i am
right now
and you'll have a chance to see that the
avocados here are still relatively young
still relatively small
and still growing and developing and
we're looking at another
three months here for these to get them
nice fat and juicy and ready to be
harvested
by the way we here you might have seen
we shot a video here where we were
walking barefoot not that long ago so if
you go back to that video and then you
have a chance to see what has already
grown and developed and the cabbages
here nice little cabbage patch it's
coming up in a in a beautiful way
having a chance to get this drip
irrigation not to mention we have the
rains that are here so they're well well
fed in terms of water so you see another
tree this one here
in about four weeks
um
they will be ready
for
harvest as a matter of fact there are
one or two here
that are probably even ready right now
because if you look at the size of my
hand
and
in the palm and you look at the size of
that avocado you can see
that this is ready we just want the
others to come up and uh make sure that
they are also get enough size actually i
might pluck this myself personally
and eat this when she's ready but the
rest of her brothers and sisters here
need a couple more weeks
uh so you see that on um some of these
trees uh others like this
were fully harvested
here today maybe uh one or two
like these that are still left
that are on the tree
have a chance to you know sort of um see
that but most of all these
were harvested and
i'm sure i'll be cutting in some clips
of the crates and
cutting in some clips of
uh them clipping
the avocados themselves
at this section
so the harvesters came through this
section and were able to
harvest most
of the avocados
here and from the about 300 trees that
the avocados we felt
were ready for harvesting however
like i mentioned we'll still be
harvesting here
over
the course
of
the next
three
to six months
for those
avocados
that were not
yet
ready
and with that
the way it sort of works also as we get
to
dealing with
going to market
is typically
avocados
you might
buy if you're in kenya
you're going to spend anywhere between
20
to 50 shillings
for an avocado whether you're gonna get
her at the moment mama burger these
shops or skulls
typically on the road
which is a benefit in africa you find
them all through africa you know unlike
america europe many other places you
have these things they call food deserts
where you could drive get in your car
and drive for 30 minutes and not find a
live or real tomato
right
in africa you don't have that issue you
have a lot of entrepreneurs particularly
women who've really taken it upon
themselves to set up these makeshift
stalls
usually somewhere on the road and
they're selling
fruits and vegetables etc so usually
they'll sell
the avocados they're 20 shillings or 30
shillings if you're going to go to an
actual grocery store or supermarket here
you're going to pay about 50 shillings
it's about 50 cents just a u.s dollar
now in america
um the prices can range anywhere from
one dollar
to
five dollars
for avocados
whole foods and i know california has
been having a huge issue
with water i know just a month or so ago
uh america banned avocados coming from
mexico
and south and then mexico was the
biggest supplier of avocados to america
and so the price shot up for single
avocado we're seeing people paying 4.99
before that um but nonetheless
when you're when you're a producer
you're not necessarily selling per piece
and if you do a lot of times uh some
farmers get taken advantage for
get paid one shilling which is like one
cents for five cents five shillings ten
shillings you know for a single uh you
know avocado
um but typically what we'll do is we'll
sell per kg kilo
and a kilo can range here
anywhere
from
about
65 shillings to
150 shillings on the high end depending
and right now what's happening in
ukraine and russia
and food prices going through the roof
it's also affecting in terms of our
avocado supply and
and value chains as well
and so in that regards once you agree on
the per kilo and they do the weighing
like you'll see you know clips here we
go through the weighing uh and once you
have a chance to do that you're able to
make your deal and either they'll pay
you on the spot or one or two weeks
deposit the money uh in your particular
bank account in that regards so that's a
little bit about
you know sort of what i wanted to talk
today and i've you know pause here by
some of these trees
once again that you see these younger
um
smaller
fruits
that give them
two four six weeks
and they'll be nice juicy fats
and delicious and luscious
scrumptious
ready
uh to eat and by the way avocados are
super foods i want to
remind everybody
that avocados are super fruit some of
the healthiest fats that you can have
and find
some of the most
propitious um
people call it
not only green gold because of the money
that can be earned through
avocado farming but
also
the
kind of health benefits
that they have it becomes like
nature's butter
once you get
the taste of avocados
you know once you go avocado you don't
go back
so with that ladies and gentlemen so
this is where we'll wind down our video
for today once again thank you for
continuing to always tune in thank you
following this journey here they're back
to nature
thank you for being part of this
community and family hopefully you're
learning and taking some you know value
that you can apply maybe not farming on
the scale we're doing here
or others that are much larger than we
are actually we're probably on the
smaller
side of things and i just want to salute
all farmers all food producers who work
hard
to you know feed humanity every day you
know
you can't go without a farmer in your
life every day
except when you're fasting maybe but
other than that
whether you're having bread or you're
having a tea or coffee someone grew that
fruit someone grew that vegetable
someone grew that herb someone grew it
and that name of that person is a farmer
and the farmer are
a blessing to all mankind and all
humanity so
salute to all farmers
and um and we put ourselves in that
small little category as well so thank
you very much for continuing to tune in
may the force of nature
be with you
give thanks
peace
and blessing
god bless
and have a fantastic day
now we're gonna go and pop some
organic celebratory champagne for our
harvest day today
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