Our harvest and beyond....
From tree to stored nuts
In the field
The hazelnuts fall off the trees (though you can shake the trees to make the most of a collection run). We rake them into rows and pick then up using a vacuum nut harvester towed behind the tractor
In the sorting shed
The field debris is first cleared on a grid then using a vacuum-powered sorter.
We then separate the clean nuts from those still with a husk (and deal with them later)
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Ready for the dryer
The clean nuts are finally sorted into trays ready for an initial fan dry overnight at least.
Then into the fan-ventilated storage shed til we need them
From stored nuts to nut butter
Cracking the nuts ...
We used to do this by hand - not at all practical for the amount we need processed
to roast and make ...
Next step: roast , remove the final fine brown skin on the kernels, then put them into the magic machine!
100% Just Nutz hazelnut butter
Now we have hazelnut butter in the jar, we're ready to deliver to our partners so you can buy and try!
