They bring the tomatoes in by the truck load (we had four truckloads waiting)...
Then they send them down conveyor belts, similar to these, & wash them...
Then they continue on the belts & people hand sort the bad ones & send the rest to be "cooked" or "juiced" - Since I lost my camera in Brazil, I took a couple of pics with Paul's phone, but this is the only one that wasn't too blurry...here we are in front of one of the four batches of tomato juice that Paul was supervising.
The tomatoes & the juice is then canned, labeled, & boxed for distribution. We were there for a 4 hour shift & we boxed thousands of cans for a lot of "someones" in need. It was a great "date night" & we were happy to contribute to one of the many facets of the Churches Humanitarian efforts.
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All I can say is . . . "One, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight. Schlemeel, schlemazel, hasenfeffer incorporated!"
That is pretty cool. You and Paul are always up to something interesting!
Dad looks really happy to take that picture! Sorry, you should have taken my camera!
I had no idea that you could do that at the cannery. Way to make alot of "someone's" lives alot better.
Yeah for doing your part for those in need! I think you look super cute in your little net. Too bad they don't do field trips! So educational.
Gina says: "Wow! I can't say it any better than that...wow!!"
Holy Cow, that's quite an impressive operation! It makes me feel good that our church and members like you and Paul are doing all that work to help those who need it.
Ok, love the tomato days at the cannery!!!! Maybe we will run into you there. We did not get an assignment yet... weird... maybe we missed it somehow, we usually go every year. Our last bishop was horrible though, ALWAYS stated a MAJOR tomato fight!!!! Came home smelling like tomoatoes for days!!!! So fun!
wow - fascinating - can't wait to see you 2 weeks from today
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