1. Young plants are brought by the grower from a propagator. They are planted anytime between October and March on raised soil beds covered in polythene. They then grow for two years until harvest.

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2. Little plants grow fast when they have good light levels and enough water and nutrients.

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3. Flowers on the plants are pollinated by bees. The flowered plants are kept under plastic polytunnels to prevent frost damage.

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4. Developing fruits are green when immature and turn red when ripe.

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5. Once the berries are red/pink they taste excellent and are ready for picking.

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6. Pickers gently take the berries off the plants and place them in punnets.

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7. All the trays of punnets are then checked thoroughly and by a field supervisor.

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8. To keep the fruit firm and fresh, the berries are taken to a chiller and cooled immediately to maintain excellent quality.

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9. All the berries are weighed, and then labelled for the supermarket in a chilled pack house.

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10. The depot allocates the strawberries to each store in the area.

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11. 24 hours ago these raspberries were still on their canes in the field.

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12. Juicy raspberries! Ready to eat whichever way you want!

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Discover how other berries get from the field, to your fork.

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