How a Green Tomato Sorter Works | The Henry Ford's Innovation Nation

[@lupearenas5994]

In the 1970s, prior to this technology, it was families and high school students that boarded these harvesters and sorted the tomatoes. For my sisters and friends, this was a summer job to earn money for our school clothes or save up for a car. I think we had so much fun because at the end of August, this "gig" was over for us. But for the migrant families, it was not. I am grateful our parents let us keep our money and spend it as we wished. Teach by example a strong work ethic, and you'll not need to worry about that child as they move into adulthood.

[@magic19us]

That was incredible....had no idea that tech existed!

[@challengerhobo7769]

fr darren

[@YouTubehndl]

Dude you’ve got that Sir Trevor McDonald mustache and his mannerisms with an American accent instead of a British one. Love your style man.

[@dansullivan2782]

Fascinating! To what percentage accurate is the sorter? Like, what percentage of green tomatoes are missed? Is there a fail rate?

[@suzanni]

75% accuracy if I remember correctly from the vid

[@thenonsensechannel808]

Even the optic missed some green tomatoes, still it’s impressive. 👍

[@greeleyestateslove]

Do the green tomatoes stay on the ground to become new soil?

[@frankenstein6677]

Not a good idea usually, though I think it'd work for tomato farms. Green tomatoes are poisonous for most other plants, much like the rest of the plant, as well as potato plants. It's a toxin known as solanine.

[@CyberTranceHero69]

Green tomatoes are great for pickling.

[@MeowsyDancer]

Whoa! What year was this invented?

[@lindorplays5900]

No idea why but the beginning of the video looked like a video game

[@kuldeepdahiya8846]

The Real Fruit Ninza 😎

[@BongDaChongKuoGo]

The real fruit ninja 🥷 🍅

[@siopengtam6482]

👍💯

[@MyFiddlePlayer]

If you drop those green tomatoes into a bin instead of onto the ground, in a week most of them will be red tomatoes. You can run them through the sorter again at that point. It is a shame that they waste them in the video.

[@doowappable]

Simply not worth it, first you will need a giant bin, a simple bin he can carry would be full in 2 minutes, just look at how much red ones he's harvesting, truckloads. Other than that it's good composter for the soil. Also, fruit that is ripened after harvest have less flavor.

[@MohammedElobaid-kj7vb]

pickers

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