Workbook
Level 6 · Storage
Work through these exercises with your own product, market and numbers. Review your answers with a mentor, a farmer group or a business adviser. Print this page to fill it in by hand.
Exercises in this level
- 6.1 · What could ruin my product in storage?
- 6.2 · Dry and keep dry
- 6.3 · A store inspection checklist
- 6.4 · My storage plan
Part 1 · Why storage matters, and why products spoil
Exercise 6.1 · What could ruin my product in storage?
- Choose one product you store or plan to store.
- List the causes from the table that could affect it.
- Mark the most likely one and write how you could check whether it is happening.
Part 2 · Moisture and dryness
Exercise 6.2 · Dry and keep dry
- Write how you dry your product now, and how you know it is dry enough.
- Write who you could ask for advice on the correct dryness for your product.
- Write what you will change in your store to keep damp out: floor, roof, walls, packaging.
Part 3 · Pests and cleanliness
Exercise 6.3 · A store inspection checklist
- Write a checklist of ten things to look at each time you inspect your store: roof, floor, walls, doors, stock, packs, signs of pests, smells, cleanliness, records.
- Do the inspection once and write down what you find.
- Choose the first three problems to fix and decide who will do it.
Part 4 · Fresh produce and stock control
Exercise 6.4 · My storage plan
- Choose a product and write where and how you will store it, and for how long.
- Write the three biggest risks and what you will do about each.
- Write how you will keep a record of what is in store and use the oldest first.
- Write what would make you decide to sell earlier than planned.