Good that you guys supply Demoulas. I always look for the locally grown products when we go shopping there (in Somerville, MA). There are some from the Conn. River Valley in Massachusetts also. Supporting local producers, even if it's a few cents more, is always good policy in my opinion. Have you guys been shipping by rail out of the region? I know they were moving potatoes from Aroostook County to Washington State a couple of years back by rail. With CSX now owning the former Maine Central lines and them doing extensive track upgrading, the service is getting better and better. Good stuff and hopefully a portent of better days ahead for the State of Maine products. Good luck. Happy Holidays!
Shane says, “Beautiful.” We all look at Molly. There are so many steps that make a packing line run accurately, smoothly, and cleanly. You are teaching your audience, and doing a great job. The bag of potatoes the consumer buys at the grocery store has such care in just the bagging process.
We never wash our potatoes and they last from Sept. when we dig until April…sometimes May. We always save enough to plant in May and haven’t bought seed potatoes but once in 25 years. We grow enough to hopefully get 4 bushels so we can share. Enjoy your videos. Susie in the Blue Ridge Mts of Va.
Molly you are doing a great job of getting lots of different shots of the operation making it easier to understand. Thanks for going to all the trouble for us. Can you explain the different size of potato (small,medium,large) for Chef's, #1s,#2s and so on. See Ya Next Time.
This channel is awesome. I have learned so much about the process of potato farming. Also lets not forget mention your beautiful dog the star of all your videos.
Molly, there’s another great channel for your mechanical do it all husband…and you. “Dirt Perfect” is an amazing man, a one man very witty and smart band. Fabulous mechanic and a good influence. Nice.
This was an especially good and interesting video. Well done. The camera work is always good, but this particular one was especially good. Keep up the great work guys. Fascinating process.👍
My nanny Alice used to work in a potato packing hall in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. When I was a lad - I helped in the school holidays and it was exhausting. Great work and such memories.
Totally relate to keeping "old parts" around. Sometimes just having a part in hand to take and match up somewhere is helpful, without completely taking something totally apart first. Good stuff.
Great video! I discovered your channel a while ago and realized after a few episodes youre literally located in the next town over from me. Love seeing local farmers supplying the big supermarkets!
Your channel makes me appreciate all the hard work that goes into growing and harvesting our food. I can’t believe how cheap potatoes are which is to say I am sure you should get a lot more money for what you do. Thanks! From A suburban/ lifelong city dweller.
Such an infectious smile and a beauty set of pearly whites. Molly, your filming and editing skills and narration get better all the time. After watching here for quite a while now I'm amazed that a humble bag of potats can be bought for such a reasonable price. I'm pretty near to you in southeast New Brunswick. 50lb bags are going for 8-10 bucks. Astonishing when you think of the millions in equipment it takes to get from farm to table. I suppose it's all about the volume. Cheers from your Canadian neighbour.
Molly and Shane you do a lot of hard work to keep every thing running. Great job interesting to see you maintenance everything, glad to see I'm not the only one to change out bad parts with not so bad parts
Shane's term "Bit -in-Ass" brings to my mind a lot of days where it was literally hard to SIT anywhere the next day! I am loving this channel more, and more each video, because of who you two are, and for what you do together. Keep up the great work on these videos and your gonna have a Golden UA-cam Certificate hanging on the Stores front door!
Good morning Molly and Shane, gotta love a efficient system and work environment. It’s getting to feel like winter here in Missouri, it got down to 28 degrees last night and this weekend it’s supposed to be in the upper teens. Have a nice week and Happy Thanksgiving to you, Shane and your crew.
I'm a FANATIC for mashed potatoes😃. Mashed potatoes LOADED with butter... Can't get enough! Glad i found this channel. Its interesting for sure. And Molly, is EASY on the eyes too...😊😊😁😁❤❤
Not thinking ahead , but if I had I would have put an order in for Bell potatoes to enjoy for my Thanksgiving dinner , It would have been a great honor to added something unique to our dinner and would have provided a great story to share with our friends and family .
I believe you guys mentioned getting fertilizer from Canada. You guys better get it now as price is going up 25% in January. Especially potash, it all comes from Canada.
I wanna say I am thankful for all of the family farms. It is important that we know where our food comes from. So thank you Bell Farms you and those like you are vitally important to the world…you feed us for Pete’s sake! I mean come on people!! 😂 Happy Thanksgiving ya’ll!
Sometime if you haven’t already, would like to hear and see what the different categories of bagged potatoes are, such as what determines penny wise and the other types of
Any way you look at it, bagging up 3-4 million pounds of spuds in relatively small bags is one hell of a lot of work. even with machines. I admire your efforts, and I hope you all get some well deserved time off over the holidays. Thanks for the video.
Hey there, spiders and small fruit flies tend to to be the worst of it as far a insects go. In the summer heat If we leave bad vegetables,potatoes or corn husks around we will attract some fruit flies. But we try and dump all the barrels we use for that stuff daily and they get some disinfectant too that helps. We had a skunk get into the corn packing area a couple summers ago, that was a stinky experience! Luckily we do not have a problem with rodents in the building. They are obviously outdoors, but we try and keep the grounds clear of clutter and keep the grass cut in the summer, these are the best deterrent for rodents. We do have a local company monitor our pest management program. We use bait boxes outdoors and have some tin cat traps in the building to catch anything that does make it in. Good question! Oh and Bessy is the head of pest control hahah.
Hi guys great video today.. i went to the grocery store yesterday and got a 5lb bag of potatoes for one dollar i cant believe anyone is making money at those prices.. im here in canada 🇨🇦
I was at Market Basket last Thursday and bought a 10lb bag of potatoes .They were the only ones in the store so I think they were yours. Happy Thanksgiving to all
In the Netherlands we have a small potatoes farm i think mostley seedpotatoes. But you can see howe he is working . It`s Jilles Boer vlog nr 257. I wil let you see howe he is working with other machines. Oh its in Dutch but you can see the machines.
Great insight to the operation. Just as a precaution the young lady in the black hoodie might should put her long hair up when working around the conveyors. It just takes a second to wind up in the ER. it just takes a second to tie it back and tuck it in her shirt also. Sorry I notice way too much but I've treated too many people with preventable injuries than i care to mention.
You can greatly reduce your paper towel waste by using paint rollers and squeegiees when cleaning the large surfaces if that's a concern. TBH a nice large scrub-vac would be super handy. Basically a tote with a big shop-vac thing.
This channel is rendering service and doing a great job in helping folks understand "WHERE DOES FOOD COME FROM ?"
These farming videos need to be shown in every school in America.
After we register our truck, we will be making the trip to the Bell farm store. 👌🏻
Good that you guys supply Demoulas. I always look for the locally grown products when we go shopping there (in Somerville, MA). There are some from the Conn. River Valley in Massachusetts also. Supporting local producers, even if it's a few cents more, is always good policy in my opinion. Have you guys been shipping by rail out of the region? I know they were moving potatoes from Aroostook County to Washington State a couple of years back by rail. With CSX now owning the former Maine Central lines and them doing extensive track upgrading, the service is getting better and better. Good stuff and hopefully a portent of better days ahead for the State of Maine products. Good luck. Happy Holidays!
Shane says, “Beautiful.” We all look at Molly. There are so many steps that make a packing line run accurately, smoothly, and cleanly. You are teaching your audience, and doing a great job. The bag of potatoes the consumer buys at the grocery store has such care in just the bagging process.
An amazing operation you have! Very interesting to see the "behind the scenes" look at potato bagging! Thanks for posting!
It's a great morning when you wake up to a Bells Farming video!
Thank you!
Russia is now rationing food.
Potatoes involved too.
We are lucky for now.
Thanks to Truckers too
unreal the work thats put into a bag of potatoes normaly one would never know but thanks to molly we now know thanks
We never wash our potatoes and they last from Sept. when we dig until April…sometimes May. We always save enough to plant in May and haven’t bought seed potatoes but once in 25 years. We grow enough to hopefully get 4 bushels so we can share. Enjoy your videos. Susie in the Blue Ridge Mts of Va.
Always learning something about farming and how you help supply food to people's table ❤❤❤
Molly you are doing a great job of getting lots of different shots of the operation making it easier to understand. Thanks for going to all the trouble for us. Can you explain the different size of potato (small,medium,large) for Chef's, #1s,#2s and so on. See Ya Next Time.
Really interesting. This should be shown in schools so the kids can appreciate where their food comes from. Thanks for sharing. 🇬🇧👍👍👍
Hi Molly , The high lights look great .
I have put out so many bags of potatoes at work for Walmart this last week. Thank you for showing how they got to us.
This channel is awesome. I have learned so much about the process of potato farming. Also lets not forget mention your beautiful dog the star of all your videos.
Molly, there’s another great channel for your mechanical do it all husband…and you. “Dirt Perfect” is an amazing man, a one man very witty and smart band. Fabulous mechanic and a good influence. Nice.
Such an infectious smile! ❤
This was an especially good and interesting video. Well done. The camera work is always good, but this particular one was especially good. Keep up the great work guys. Fascinating process.👍
Thanks Molly for showing the bagging process for potatoes and grading...really interesting....Stay safe and see you all soon
My nanny Alice used to work in a potato packing hall in the Fens of Cambridgeshire. When I was a lad - I helped in the school holidays and it was exhausting. Great work and such memories.
Excellent presentation of the potato startup. Keep up the great job.
You always amaze me. Tremendous amount of work and organization to pull this off repeatedly!!! Happy Thanksgiving to all of you! 🦃
Just joined, can you explain the grading system you use. Thank you. Very informative. Bob
Hey there, we will go the Newtec grader in an upcoming video thank you for joining us
Totally relate to keeping "old parts" around. Sometimes just having a part in hand to take and match up somewhere is helpful, without completely taking something totally apart first. Good stuff.
Another inspirational video. I marvel at your talent and dedication.
I always enjoy looking at a lovely potato :) Great job as usual Molly :D
Much love and respect guys thanks for sharing ❤❤❤
Great video! I discovered your channel a while ago and realized after a few episodes youre literally located in the next town over from me. Love seeing local farmers supplying the big supermarkets!
Your channel makes me appreciate all the hard work that goes into growing and harvesting our food. I can’t believe how cheap potatoes are which is to say I am sure you should get a lot more money for what you do. Thanks! From A suburban/ lifelong city dweller.
It is awesome to see America's heartbeat thrumming along in your employees and business. Much respect!
Bessie working hard as usual LOL
You guys do a great job, you show people how much work it is before they hit your table.
Great news, I will be looking for your products at Market Basket from now on. Happy to support a local Maine business.
Amazing machine that does the cleaning. Well oiled production line. Happy Thanksgiving!
Such an infectious smile and a beauty set of pearly whites. Molly, your filming and editing skills and narration get better all the time. After watching here for quite a while now I'm amazed that a humble bag of potats can be bought for such a reasonable price. I'm pretty near to you in southeast New Brunswick. 50lb bags are going for 8-10 bucks. Astonishing when you think of the millions in equipment it takes to get from farm to table. I suppose it's all about the volume. Cheers from your Canadian neighbour.
Morning to the bells farm crew. Mollie you are the best great video. Great explanation on the bagging process keep it up stay safe
You guys are awesome. Some different how we did it years ago with barrels and a potato fork down seller.
Molly and Shane you do a lot of hard work to keep every thing running. Great job interesting to see you maintenance everything, glad to see I'm not the only one to change out bad parts with not so bad parts
Love seeing all the behind-the-scenes maintenance-greasing those bearings and keeping everything running smooth! The dedication is real. 👏
Maintenance on your farm is an art of finding the balance of "good enough" to "100 percent". Ingenuity to make it work!
Shane's term "Bit -in-Ass" brings to my mind a lot of days where it was literally hard to SIT anywhere the next day! I am loving this channel more, and more each video, because of who you two are, and for what you do together. Keep up the great work on these videos and your gonna have a Golden UA-cam Certificate hanging on the Stores front door!
Thank you for sharing.
Shane is soooo handy! You guys make a great crew! Thanks for sharing! Dave in WV!
A big job for sure Molly .Hope things run smoothly in the future
Very interesting to watch, it never gets old, thanks for sharing.
Lots of hard work ahead. Thanks for sharing how a well oiled crew works together. Happy Thanksgiving to all.
I Love the symphatic Lady very much 🙈🤗🙈😂😂😂😂
Always love the packaging videos!! Not that the other videos are bad! Haha!!
Thank you Molly & Shane , Great video.
Good morning Molly and Shane, gotta love a efficient system and work environment. It’s getting to feel like winter here in Missouri, it got down to 28 degrees last night and this weekend it’s supposed to be in the upper teens. Have a nice week and Happy Thanksgiving to you, Shane and your crew.
I'm a FANATIC for mashed potatoes😃. Mashed potatoes LOADED with butter... Can't get enough! Glad i found this channel. Its interesting for sure. And Molly, is EASY on the eyes too...😊😊😁😁❤❤
Have a nice Thanksgiving.
You guys rock, great crew. Happy Thanksgiving to all of the folks at Bell Farm.
I remember 50# bags had copper wire to seal them. That's probably not done much these days. Very interesting content, thanks Molly and crew! 👍
Another Great Video 👍 Great content, keep up the great work! Love this channel! 😊
Thank you!
Molly , Shane and rest of the crew Have a Great Thanksgiving! Molly you are definitely the nicest and hardest working bag lady I have ever seen LOL
Great video
Thanks for another cool video!🐾🥔
Wishing you a happy Thanksgiving! Enjoy your channel from NC
Let the packaging begin.
So cool
Looking lovely as usual.
Thanks - For - Giving us the Magic of Molly n Co.
Xx 🇬🇧❤️
Good morning. Not much tater growing here in Tennessee.
potatoes are my favourite herb, thanks for keeping mcdonald alive .
Not thinking ahead , but if I had I would have put an order in for Bell potatoes to enjoy for my Thanksgiving dinner , It would have been a great honor to added something unique to our dinner and would have provided a great story to share with our friends and family .
I'm right behind you wth this ❤xx
I always love to see the small things that make the whole process work , vice grips , belting , pvc pipe deflector , you are the man Shane .
I believe you guys mentioned getting fertilizer from Canada. You guys better get it now as price is going up 25% in January. Especially potash, it all comes from Canada.
awsome cant believe that scoop doesnt hurt some po getting scooped up
Great video thanks for sharing
Glad to see my dog isnt the only one to plop down right in the middle of everything
I wanna say I am thankful for all of the family farms. It is important that we know where our food comes from. So thank you Bell Farms you and those like you are vitally important to the world…you feed us for Pete’s sake! I mean come on people!! 😂 Happy Thanksgiving ya’ll!
Good stuff today Molly. Thanks.
Alot of work good job have a nice Thanksgiving
Sometime if you haven’t already, would like to hear and see what the different categories of bagged potatoes are, such as what determines penny wise and the other types of
Great video.
It’s amazing how much work farming is, i can hardly keep the grass cut on my 1/4 acre lot
Just a thoroughly enjoyable channel to watch, the bagging is a favourite, thanks guys.
Any way you look at it, bagging up 3-4 million pounds of spuds in relatively small bags is one hell of a lot of work. even with machines. I admire your efforts, and I hope you all get some well deserved time off over the holidays. Thanks for the video.
Interesting video. How do you deal with insects/animals in the warehouse/packaging ares shown in the video?
Hey there, spiders and small fruit flies tend to to be the worst of it as far a insects go. In the summer heat If we leave bad vegetables,potatoes or corn husks around we will attract some fruit flies. But we try and dump all the barrels we use for that stuff daily and they get some disinfectant too that helps.
We had a skunk get into the corn packing area a couple summers ago, that was a stinky experience! Luckily we do not have a problem with rodents in the building. They are obviously outdoors, but we try and keep the grounds clear of clutter and keep the grass cut in the summer, these are the best deterrent for rodents. We do have a local company monitor our pest management program. We use bait boxes outdoors and have some tin cat traps in the building to catch anything that does make it in. Good question! Oh and Bessy is the head of pest control hahah.
@@BellsFarming Thanks!
Hi guys great video today.. i went to the grocery store yesterday and got a 5lb bag of potatoes for one dollar i cant believe anyone is making money at those prices.. im here in canada 🇨🇦
I drove fork lift for a few days in a potato plant in Colorado.
So many bags of potatoes!
It's been a year watching you guys, and I have to say you all workbsi hard it makes me tired. Happy Thanksgiving to all of you. 👍👍
I was at Market Basket last Thursday and bought a 10lb bag of potatoes .They were the only ones in the store so I think they were yours. Happy Thanksgiving to all
Unfortunately we haven’t sold any 10s to market basket yet. But I’m sure they were still great!
wake up - check
prepare breakfast - check
prepare coffee - double check
check youtube and smile - check!!!!
Thank you Molly!
Have a wonderful day!
Amazed at how many people on the line
In the Netherlands we have a small potatoes farm i think mostley seedpotatoes. But you can see howe he is working . It`s Jilles Boer vlog nr 257. I wil let you see howe he is working with other machines. Oh its in Dutch but you can see the machines.
Here hoping you & husband have a Happy Thanksgiving, Steve
Happy Thanksgiving folks
I have several pair of the same gloves as Shane has. 😂 they are like Sox!!!
Happy and Blessed Thanksgiving to everyone at Bells Farming!! Your videos are so good and informative!! ❤❤❤❤❤
Great insight to the operation. Just as a precaution the young lady in the black hoodie might should put her long hair up when working around the conveyors. It just takes a second to wind up in the ER. it just takes a second to tie it back and tuck it in her shirt also. Sorry I notice way too much but I've treated too many people with preventable injuries than i care to mention.
No you are correct! Her and I both get a little complacent about it. Good little reminder for us :) hope you have a wonderful day
Want Wish You,shane and family a HAPPY THANKSGIVING..❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
You toooooo!🦃
I had no idea just how high-tech potato farming was before you started posting these videos. Very interesting.
Awesome
Miss you, we enjoyed the family reunions. Haven't seen y'all since then. Great to see you are doing well.
right on time you two. does taters are ready to mash. good stuff from the molly and shane. thanks you two. happy holidays,,
You can greatly reduce your paper towel waste by using paint rollers and squeegiees when cleaning the large surfaces if that's a concern. TBH a nice large scrub-vac would be super handy. Basically a tote with a big shop-vac thing.
our saying was "belts , bearings and bushes " routine but essential
Like a chalkboard scrape the dust pan did for sound. All good, it was short and ear awaking.😄