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7:00 AM February 27, 2021
Bruce van Poortvliet inside the new £263,000 potato store at Poortvliet Farms near Aylsham
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
A Norfolk farm has invested £263,000 in a hi-tech new storage building to keep its potatoes in perfect market condition for longer after harvest.
The new store at Poortvliet Farms, near Aylsham, can hold 1,300 tonnes of potatoes in an atmospherically-controlled environment.
Ventilation, refrigeration and humidification equipment is automated via electronic sensors which report on air quality, temperature, carbon dioxide levels and humidity inside the insulated building.
Inside the £263,000 new potato store at Poortvliet Farms
- Credit: Poortvliet Farms
This allows the farm s potatoes to be stored in top condition until the end of the marketing season in June and July - enabling premium prices to be obtained as there is a critical shortage of UK potatoes available in those summer months before the next
At last week’s district council meeting our budget for the forthcoming year was approved, with councillors welcoming the ambitious financial programme.
“Whittlesey, like towns across Fenland, Cambridgeshire and the whole of the UK, is under unprecedented pressure right now but this funding will go some way to supporting its Covid recovery while benefitting residents and businesses and attracting visitors too.”
The first Whittlesey project approved by the CPCA Board was a £57,500 application for Interactive Highway Signs, which will give vital alerts to drivers when local roads are closed due to flooding or roadworks.
The three signs are currently being fabricated and are due to be installed in their approved locations and working by early summer.
One of the town’s most ambitious projects is to build a new Whittlesey Heritage Visitor Centre to showcase local artifacts and the history of Whittlesey from Bronze Age to modern day.
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